Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Civil Engineering and Built Environment
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Workshop
Module Offerings
4402CIVH-SEP-CTY
Aims
To provide learners with an opportunity to develop the skills needed to devise and implement a realistic project scope and scheme of work and to evaluate and present a hydraulics related project as a group.
To encourage learners to become confident and effective in managing own personal and professional skills.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Devise a project scope and scheme of work relating to a typical hydraulics related problem.
2.
Evaluate the group project and appraise its feasibility including environmental impact analysis, making recommendations for improvement.
3.
Present the project outcome including records of project development and group activity.
4.
Identify and reflect on their own personal and professional development during the project including the development of interpersonal and transferable skills.
5.
Identify and reflect upon the following aspects of personal development: strengths and weaknesses, motivations and values and ability to work with others.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Investigation and development of understanding of hydraulic principles relating to civil engineering projects.
Group roles and activities: team roles and responsibilities; record keeping processes. Specification: client brief, constraints (environmental, operational, cost, time, etc.), legislation, quality control, health and safety.
Developmental stage: mind mapping, appraisal and review, feasibility analysis, field data, costing, calculations, risk and impact assessments, method statements and drawings.
Evaluation: initial proposal, final proposals, key decisions, group dynamics. Self- managed learning and learning styles: clear goal setting, dates for achievement, self- reflection, and personal preferences.
Effective learning: skills of personal assessment, planning, organisation and evaluation, feedback, learning achievements and disappointments.
Self-appraisal and portfolio building: skills audit, leadership skills, developing and maintaining a personal portfolio.
Interpersonal and transferable skills: initiative, reliability, problem solving, team player, time management, effective listening.
Additional Information:This module will develop learners' skills in terms of the evaluation and resolution of realistic practical hydraulic problems and the ability to work as part of a team. It enables the application of knowledge, understanding and skills developed in other modules, and where possible experiences from employment, to a major piece of work. The module is designed to bring together small groups of learners into teams so that they can coordinate their individual skills and abilities.