Positioning Students to Understand Urban Sustainability Strategies through Vertical Integration: Years One through Four

摘要

Commonly-adopted engineering pedagogy tends to be lecture-based, and places students in a passive and predominantly secondary role (Hung et al., 2003). Research in the field of engineering education also highlights the ineffectiveness of such strategies and strongly advocates that faculty adopt advanced education strategies that actively engage learners. Citing medical education as an example, engineering education research suggests problem-based learning and vertical integration as two key strategies that will assist in facilitating the active engagement of learners.