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Implementation Of Systems-Level Learning In A Community College Mechatronics Program, Margie N. Porter
Implementation Of Systems-Level Learning In A Community College Mechatronics Program, Margie N. Porter
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This is a qualitative case study of the complete implementation of systems-level learning (SLL) pedagogy throughout a mechatronics engineering department in a community college in the United States. SLL was developed from the German engineering apprenticeship model, resulting in engineering graduates with what our German counterparts call Handlungskompetenz. Graduates of these programs have the flexibility to quickly adapt to new engineering systems and situations in a self-directed way without months of on-the-job training. This skill is related to adaptive expertise and is not the type of skill traditionally taught to engineering students.
Chronological and descriptive analyses were performed on semi-structured …