Expanding the semantic range to enable meaningful real-world application in chemical engineering

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dc.contributor.authorDorfling, C.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWolff, K.en_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAkdogan, G.en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-17T10:05:57Z
dc.date.available2019-04-17T10:05:57Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.descriptionCITATION: Dorfling, C., Wolff, K. & Akdogan, G. 2019. Expanding the semantic range to enable meaningful real-world application in chemical engineering. South African Journal of Higher Education, 33(1):42-58, doi:10.20853/33-1-2687.
dc.descriptionThe original publication is available at http://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajhe
dc.description.abstractENGLISH ABSTRACT: Legitimation Code Theory has proven to be useful in analysing the relationship between theory and practice. Semantic gravity can be used to illustrate teaching and learning processes that move between different levels of abstraction and context-dependency. Effective engineering education entails moving both up and down the semantic range in a way that enables students to apply concepts to contextual practices. However, students seldom engage at the strongest level of semantic gravity. This study investigated the contextualisation of theory in a chemical engineering programme through industrial site visits. Final-year chemical engineering students participated in a voluntary field trip to visit industrial sites. Data obtained through written surveys showed that visits allowed participants to develop a better appreciation for the relevance of taught material to industrial applications and to better understand relationships between different modules and problem solving. Site visits were found to be an effective way of expanding the semantic range.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.journals.ac.za/index.php/sajhe/article/view/2687
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent17 pagesen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDorfling, C., Wolff, K. & Akdogan, G. 2019. Expanding the semantic range to enable meaningful real-world application in chemical engineering. South African Journal of Higher Education, 33(1):42-58, doi:10.20853/33-1-2687
dc.identifier.issn1753-5913 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.20853/33-1-2687
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/106252
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherHESAen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthors retain copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectChemical engineeringen_ZA
dc.subjectEngineering -- Educationen_ZA
dc.subjectLegitimation Code Theoryen_ZA
dc.subjectSemanticsen_ZA
dc.titleExpanding the semantic range to enable meaningful real-world application in chemical engineeringen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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