Aims

A. General competences      
AB - 01. Possessing appropriate cognitive and reasoning skills 
AB - 02. Being able to acquire and handle information 
AB - 03. Being able to critical reflection 
AB - 04. Being creative 
AB - 06. Managing to communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions, with specialist as well as with laymen 
AB - 07. Giving proof of the engagement of life-long-learning 
 
  
Explanation   
Teaching methods:
PB01-PB02-PB03: exercises, teamwork, individual work, coaching
PB06: role-play, presentations, meeting techniques
PB07: self-study
Assessment:
PB02: skim and scantest, skill testing
PB03: peer assessment, self assessment
PB04: peer assessment, exercises resulting in testing of knowledge and skills
PB06: individual and team assessment of skills expressed in the exercises
PB07: testing of skills and knowledge acquired by means of self-study
 
  
B. Profession-oriented/ General scientific competences      
PB - 08. Capacity for teamwork 
 
  
Explanation 
 
Teaching methods:
teamwork
Assessment:
self-assessment and observation of behavioural and group-dynamic processes within a team
 
  
C. Profession-specific competences      
to have an insight in technical literature
to understand technical texts and to be able to retrieve information and data
to be able to discuss about a technical topic (E/F)
to write a report on technical subject matter in E/F
to acquire skills related to traineeship and profession (CV, application, report)
to acquire skills related to business E/F
to command technical and business vocabulary
to use the basic grammar when communicating
to give a presentation about a technical subject
to write an E/F abstract
to be able to assess personal work and the work of fellow students
 

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Previous knowledge

The student has obtained the credit for Communicative Training 1.

Is included in these courses of study

• Bachelor of Design and Production Technology (Ghent) 180 ects.