Open AccessASSESSMENT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS: EXPERIENCE FROM A JOINT ENGINEERING-BUSINESS CLASS EXPERIMENT
Author(s) -
Zbigniew J. Pasek
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
proceedings of the ... ceea conference
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2371-5243
DOI - 10.24908/pceea.v0i0.9762
Subject(s) - experiential learning , class (philosophy) , multidisciplinary approach , joint (building) , project based learning , engineering education , mathematics education , medical education , engineering management , engineering , psychology , computer science , sociology , medicine , civil engineering , social science , artificial intelligence
Abstract –This paper discusses selected preliminary results from a collaborative efforts between undergraduate engineering and business students working together on a joint semester-long project. The project, though common for all students, was simultaneously a requirement in two, parallel run courses, one in engineering and another one in business. The cohort of participating students was fairly large, and involved about 240 second year students from engineering and 50 fourth year from business.
The information about students’ attitudes and project teams dynamics was collected by means of two surveys, one at the beginning and the other at the end of the courses, and also through a peer-evaluation software platform.
This experiential learning efforts is one of the first in North America of this size to combine multidisciplinary entrepreneurial teams at the undergraduate level.