TY - GEN
T1 - Upscaling construction education
T2 - AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences, 2018
AU - Aliu, John
AU - Aigbavboa, Clinton
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2019.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - In upscaling construction education for the future, the role of construction site experiential learning cannot be over-emphasised among students of higher education institutions (HEIs). For most students, it serves as the foremost introduction to the intricacies of the industry. Through a structured questionnaire survey, this paper identified the possible benefits of construction site experiential learning in fostering construction education. The sample for this study consisted of one hundred and twenty-six (126) respondents drawn from professionals in the Nigerian construction industry. The study revealed that developing practical knowledge about the industry, familiarizing students with their responsibilities in their profession and improving students’ knowledge of industry expectations are among the benefits of site experiential learning. This study found that there is an increased need for students to be reinforced with relevant work activities, to enable them function effectively in the industry. This study recommends that HEIs are to continuously re-evaluate their existing curricula to incorporate relevant work experiences to better prepare students for the rigors of the construction industry.
AB - In upscaling construction education for the future, the role of construction site experiential learning cannot be over-emphasised among students of higher education institutions (HEIs). For most students, it serves as the foremost introduction to the intricacies of the industry. Through a structured questionnaire survey, this paper identified the possible benefits of construction site experiential learning in fostering construction education. The sample for this study consisted of one hundred and twenty-six (126) respondents drawn from professionals in the Nigerian construction industry. The study revealed that developing practical knowledge about the industry, familiarizing students with their responsibilities in their profession and improving students’ knowledge of industry expectations are among the benefits of site experiential learning. This study found that there is an increased need for students to be reinforced with relevant work activities, to enable them function effectively in the industry. This study recommends that HEIs are to continuously re-evaluate their existing curricula to incorporate relevant work experiences to better prepare students for the rigors of the construction industry.
KW - Construction industry
KW - Construction site activities
KW - Experiential learning
KW - Internships
KW - Nigeria
KW - Work experience
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85049661427&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-93882-0_45
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-93882-0_45
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85049661427
SN - 9783319938813
T3 - Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
SP - 472
EP - 479
BT - Advances in Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors in Training, Education, and Learning Sciences, 2018
A2 - Polak-Sopinska, Aleksandra
A2 - Nazir, Salman
A2 - Teperi, Anna-Maria
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 21 July 2018 through 25 July 2018
ER -
