How Many Hours of Instruction Are Needed for Students to Become Competent in Engineering Subjects?

Autor/inn/en	Perdigones, Alicia; Benedicto, Susana; Sánchez-Espinosa, Elvira; Gallego, Eutiquio; García, José L.
Titel	How Many Hours of Instruction Are Needed for Students to Become Competent in Engineering Subjects?
Quelle	In: European Journal of Engineering Education, 39 (2014) 3, S.300-308 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0304-3797
DOI	10.1080/03043797.2013.861388
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Engineering; Engineering Education; College Students; Agricultural Engineering; Academic Achievement; Time Factors (Learning); Curriculum Design; Environmental Education; Competence; Spain (Madrid) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Maschinenbau; Ingenieurausbildung; Collegestudent; Agrarindustrie; Agronomie; Agrarwissenschaft; Schulleistung; Lehrplangestaltung; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Kompetenz
Abstract	The aim of this work was to compare the curricula of three different agricultural engineering courses and to determine the competence of graduating students in three subject areas in order to identify possible shortfalls in the number of hours of instruction (HI) required for full competence to be attained. A total of 132 students sat a voluntary examination in the final year of their studies to determine their competence in three subject areas: electrical facilities, machinery and construction. The degree courses completed by these students are meant to provide them with the legal standing required to undertake infrastructure projects in agricultural installations. This work detected significant differences in the competence of graduates in the mentioned subjects, depending on the number of HI they had received. Students who had received under 120 HI in these subjects were found to be significantly less competent than those who had received more. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10