Presenter: Chee Seong Chin (Civil Engineering)
Key words: Research-led learning and teaching, Civil engineering education
There have been various articles published by educational sectors with regards to the adoption of Research-Led Learning and Teaching (RLLT) approach to enhance students’ skills and competencies. However, there is generally a lack of understanding about the fundamental concept and principle of RLLT and how it should be implemented in real-life practice. RLLT should not be just about utilizing lecturer’s disciplinary research expertise as provision to support students’ learning. The real value of RLLT is supposed to develop students’ engagement, critical awareness and independent learning capability on methodical exploration and inquiry of the study subject aimed at knowledge and skills enhancement and innovation. The development of student’s creativity, independent and lifelong learning abilities could be better fostered through student’s active engagement in learning and teaching as well as research activities of investigative nature. The Department of Civil Engineering at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University has a commitment to develop and implement RLLT into curriculum design. Special emphasis is placed on innovation, practical/problem-solving and self-discovery capabilities to guide students to develop into globally competitive professional engineers. In this session, the development of RLLT threads, curriculum design model, proposed method of implementation, direction of fit, assessment design, case studies and expectations for future development in civil engineering under the RLLT framework will be presented.
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