Learning through doing—building successful engineering design teams using personality typing strategies

Shen, S.T. and Prior, Stephen D. (2016) Learning through doing—building successful engineering design teams using personality typing strategies. Meen, Teen-Hang, Prior, Stephen D. and Lam, Artde Donald Kin-Tak (eds.) In Applied System Innovation - Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied System Innovation, ICASI 2015. CRC Press; Balkema. pp. 669-672 . (doi:10.1201/b21811-134).

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Abstract

Engineering students learn to work best together using real-world exercises and challenging design briefs. The problem of who works best with whom and what type of personality is best to lead such a team is not well utilized in academic institutions. This paper seeks to present some new theories and concepts, which are realizable within an engineering educational context, to improve team working and inter-personal skills, as well as provide successful outcomes to projects. The main focus is on engineering design through Design, Make and Test (DMT), rather than design thinking. A new module entitled ‘Systems Design and Computing’, developed at the University of Southampton, is being used to improve Engineering Design Education using these tools and techniques.

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