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Enhancing teaching and learning through the incorporation of generic skills for civil engineering undergraduates

In facing the challenging and competitive environment, the institutions of higher learning must constantly keep abreast with the needs of the engineering workforce at the industries. Engineering graduates who are competent with certain skills may be able to secure employment without great difficulty...

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Main Authors:	Mohammad, Shahrin, Md. Nor, Hasanan, Omar, Wahid, Mohamed, Danial
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2004
Subjects:	LB Theory and practice of education TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/599/1/A_Shahrin_enhancing.pdf http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/599/
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spelling	my.utm.5992017-09-06T08:21:38Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/599/ Enhancing teaching and learning through the incorporation of generic skills for civil engineering undergraduates Mohammad, Shahrin Md. Nor, Hasanan Omar, Wahid Mohamed, Danial LB Theory and practice of education TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) In facing the challenging and competitive environment, the institutions of higher learning must constantly keep abreast with the needs of the engineering workforce at the industries. Engineering graduates who are competent with certain skills may be able to secure employment without great difficulty. Such skills are well-known as generic skills. It has been increasingly important in most developed countries over one decade ago because it assists graduates to function effectively in today's era of globalisation and the challenging world ahead. Firstly, this paper outlines the definitions and importance of the attributes of generic skills. Secondly, it discusses on the experiences in implementing generic skills in several countries across the continents as well as the local scenarios. Upon realising the importance of generic skills, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam (FKA) of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) has embarked on an exercise to incorporate such skills in the teaching and learning of civil engineering course subjects at the undergraduate level. This paper also discusses on some stages of development in incorporating such skills that have already been taken place at the faculty. The experiences and challenges in the planning, implementation and assessment stages are also elaborated. Finally, this paper makes some recommendations in respect of further works that can be very valuable in order to boost up the employability of civil engineering graduates. 2004 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/599/1/A_Shahrin_enhancing.pdf Mohammad, Shahrin and Md. Nor, Hasanan and Omar, Wahid and Mohamed, Danial (2004) Enhancing teaching and learning through the incorporation of generic skills for civil engineering undergraduates. In: Conference On Engineering Education (CEE 2004), 14 - 15 December 2004, Kuala Lumpur.
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spellingShingle	LB Theory and practice of education TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Mohammad, Shahrin Md. Nor, Hasanan Omar, Wahid Mohamed, Danial Enhancing teaching and learning through the incorporation of generic skills for civil engineering undergraduates
description	In facing the challenging and competitive environment, the institutions of higher learning must constantly keep abreast with the needs of the engineering workforce at the industries. Engineering graduates who are competent with certain skills may be able to secure employment without great difficulty. Such skills are well-known as generic skills. It has been increasingly important in most developed countries over one decade ago because it assists graduates to function effectively in today's era of globalisation and the challenging world ahead. Firstly, this paper outlines the definitions and importance of the attributes of generic skills. Secondly, it discusses on the experiences in implementing generic skills in several countries across the continents as well as the local scenarios. Upon realising the importance of generic skills, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam (FKA) of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) has embarked on an exercise to incorporate such skills in the teaching and learning of civil engineering course subjects at the undergraduate level. This paper also discusses on some stages of development in incorporating such skills that have already been taken place at the faculty. The experiences and challenges in the planning, implementation and assessment stages are also elaborated. Finally, this paper makes some recommendations in respect of further works that can be very valuable in order to boost up the employability of civil engineering graduates.
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author	Mohammad, Shahrin Md. Nor, Hasanan Omar, Wahid Mohamed, Danial
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title	Enhancing teaching and learning through the incorporation of generic skills for civil engineering undergraduates
title_short	Enhancing teaching and learning through the incorporation of generic skills for civil engineering undergraduates
title_full	Enhancing teaching and learning through the incorporation of generic skills for civil engineering undergraduates
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