Integrating the Development of Employability Skills into a Civil Engineering Core Subject through a Problem-Based Learning Approach

摘要

Institutions of higher learning are expected to design their programmes to meet the needs of industry to ensure that students acquire the skills, both technical and non-technical, that will be used in future employment. Thus academic institutions have to develop teaching strategies to meet these demands. This paper presents a strategy in teaching, utilising the problem-based learning approach, which allows for the development of non-technical skills in a civil engineering core subject. The teaching strategy is based on the assumption that, by using the active knowledge base in a particular subject with specific application strategies, both technical and non-technical applicable skills can be developed in an integrated manner. An example is provided to illustrate the teaching strategy, and student perceptions of the strategy are also presented.