Location
Chicago, Illinois
Date
01 May 2013, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Abstract
Geotechnical engineering teaching can be made more interesting with the use of modern methods of teaching and learning aids, visits to construction projects, case studies etc. A faculty at an university/technical institute, who is actively involved in geotechnical designs and consultancy works, will have enough case studies, with the examples of which he, will be able to deliver his lectures more effectively and make a good impression upon the students. The universal mantra nowadays is ‘learning should be made more student centric’. At the author's institute, where a post-graduate and doctoral programme in geotechnical engineering are being successfully run for the past two decades, some of his experiences in effectively teaching geotechnical engineering subjects are being explained in the following paragraphs, with the help of a number of case histories on geopractices.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
7th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2013 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Shivashankar, R., "Role of Case Histories on Geotechnical Engineering Teaching and Practice" (2013). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 38.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/7icchge/session01/38
Role of Case Histories on Geotechnical Engineering Teaching and Practice
Chicago, Illinois
Geotechnical engineering teaching can be made more interesting with the use of modern methods of teaching and learning aids, visits to construction projects, case studies etc. A faculty at an university/technical institute, who is actively involved in geotechnical designs and consultancy works, will have enough case studies, with the examples of which he, will be able to deliver his lectures more effectively and make a good impression upon the students. The universal mantra nowadays is ‘learning should be made more student centric’. At the author's institute, where a post-graduate and doctoral programme in geotechnical engineering are being successfully run for the past two decades, some of his experiences in effectively teaching geotechnical engineering subjects are being explained in the following paragraphs, with the help of a number of case histories on geopractices.
