Business and industry project-based capstone courses: a reflection on the performance of student teams

摘要

This is the second of two articles in which the author sharesexperiences gained from the development and delivery of abusiness/industry project-based capstone course. The course integratesresearch, proposal development and design experience based onknowledge and skills acquired in earlier coursework. It also incorporatesstandards and realistic constraints and draws on combinations of allintended academic knowledge and skill outcomes. To succeed in thiscourse, students must demonstrate professional competence through theaccomplishment of work activities for business and industrial clients. Theyare required to collaborate as a team to apply their knowledge, thinkcritically and complete activities. They face many of today's competitivechallenges to industry, business and government. This second paperaddresses the challenges and rewards of working in a team setting andthe ways in which the capstone course structure contributes to students'enhanced learning. The first paper, also included in this issue of Industryand Higher Education, examines the processes of project selection andassessment.