caa a22 4500 445844450 CHVBK 20180317145354.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10798-010-9118-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10798-010-9118-4 Strengthening the link between theory and practice in teaching design engineering: an empirical study on a new approach [Elektronische Daten] [E. Tempelman, A. Pilot] In 2007, the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering of the Delft University of Technology introduced a new bachelor program. Based on theories of learning and instruction three design principles were used to develop an approach that aims to make it easier for students to bridge the gap between theoretical design engineering courses and practical design projects. To investigate whether the new program is successful in this respect, we selected a representative combination of one course and one design project, analysed grades, sent out questionnaires and interviewed teaching staff. The unique change of all three course years at once, as opposed to sequential introduction, allowed us to establish a control group and obtain precise results. By repeating our studies 1year later, we further enhanced the reliability of our findings. We conclude that our approach indeed strengthens the link between theory and practice, and have reason to be positive about the research method adopted. Furthermore, we identified several barriers that must be overcome for such an approach to become successful, and can now give additional recommendations for course and/or program revisions in teaching design engineering at academic level. The Author(s), 2010 Constructivism nationallicence Course revision nationallicence Design engineering nationallicence Education nationallicence Program revision nationallicence Tempelman E. Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Landbergstraat 15, 2628 CE, Delft, The Netherlands aut Pilot A. IVLOS, Institute of Education, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 8, 3584 CC, Utrecht, The Netherlands aut International Journal of Technology and Design Education Springer Netherlands 21/3(2011-08-01), 261-275 0957-7572 21:3<261 2011 21 10798 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-010-9118-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10798-010-9118-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tempelman E. Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Landbergstraat 15, 2628 CE, Delft, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pilot A. IVLOS, Institute of Education, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 8, 3584 CC, Utrecht, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Technology and Design Education Springer Netherlands 21/3(2011-08-01), 261-275 0957-7572 21:3<261 2011 21 10798 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer