Evaluating Engineering Students' Perceptions: The Impact of Team-Based Learning Practices in Engineering Education

The focus of this research study is to evaluate engineering students’ perceptions on team-based learning practices in engineering education course. Team based learning (TBL) is an effective approach, which emphasizes active learning in a collaborative task. In an engineering curriculum, students are encouraged to develop skills around TBL that helps to enhance graduate employability opportunities. This paper presents an exploratory analysis of evaluating engineering students’ perceptions in practising TBL at a postgraduate study level. The cohort of students that participated in this study were primarily postgraduate engineering students at Deakin University. Around 38 participants responded to the online survey questions on TBL in a particular postgraduate unit. The positive experiences and expectations from the participants’ perceptions established that TBL enhances student-learning outcomes with possible pre-acquired knowledge on team based learning. The overall responses from this research study suggest that students require pre-and post training on TBL practices in order to enhance the curriculum learning and teaching towards graduate employability readiness.

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