- 作者: PEI-FEN CHANG AND SHU-SAN HSIAU
- 作者服務機構: *Center for Teacher Education National Central University Chungli, Taiwan, R.O.C. **Department of Mechanical Engineering National Central University Chungli, Taiwan, R.O.C.
- 中文摘要: This study investigates the effects of a series of instructional activities in engineering classrooms on students' self-reported development of professional competencies. The teachers' experiences in developing the course, "Creative Mechanical Design, "for technological creativity cultivation are discussed in this paper. In order to determine directions for improvement, both quantitative and qualitative data from Torrance's Test of Creative Thinking, surveys, and semi-structured interviews were collected and analyzed to evaluate the curriculum and to understand the students' learning difficulties. Overall, the results of Torrance's Test of Creative Thinking showed that students' performance in flexibility, fluency, and originality all significantly improved after they were taught creative problem-solving skills and received the training procedures to design mechanical products. Based on the response data from student interviews and questionnaires, the most rewarding instructional activities in this course were the creativity contest, development of a team project, and communication skills. In addition, the top three abilities attained by students were teamwork skills, design experience, and problem-solving skills. Students indicated that the impact of this course, particularly involving topic selection and problem-solving of their team project, extended beyond enhancement of mechanical competence and their ability to function well as a team.
- 英文摘要: --
- 中文關鍵字: curriculum development, technological creativity, project-based learning
- 英文關鍵字: --