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Ahern, E (2022) A framework for improving the process of building certification to enhance energy efficiency: the case of Ireland, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Anglia Ruskin University.
Akande, O K (2015) Factors influencing operational energy performance and refurbishment of UK listed church buildings: towards a strategic management framework, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Anglia Ruskin University.
Alkhraisha, A (2023) Approaches for enhancing the construction and demolition waste management strategy in Jordan, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Anglia Ruskin University.
Bispham, J (2008) Historic imported softwood in eastern England: past knowledge, current perceptions and conservation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Anglia Ruskin University.
Burrell, P A (2017) Structural errors and failures in construction: is knowledge hidden?, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Engineering & the Built Environment, Anglia Ruskin University.
Crabtree, P J (2014) The optimisation of construction management higher education to promote professional competencies and professional capability, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Engineering and the Built Environment, Anglia Ruskin University.
Crascall, L M (2021) Re-imagining built environment education: investigating the pracademic through autoethnography, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Anglia Ruskin University.
Gale, K (2013) An evaluation of performance improvement within public sector construction framework agreements, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Engineering and the Built Environment, Anglia Ruskin University.
Hobart, C (2019) Building sustainability assessment schemes: The role of criteria in translating aims into effect, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Anglia Ruskin University.
Muleya, F (2014) Modelling wheeled construction plant performance in clay and sandy terrain : a terramechanics perspective, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Department of Engineering and the Built Environment, Anglia Ruskin University.
Powell, M J V (2003) Built environment and biblical theology: Making connections: Discerning relationships, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Anglia Ruskin University.
Quarterman, M (2017) Acquisition of higher-order professional competencies: a new synergistic learning model, Unpublished PhD Thesis, School of Engineering & the Built Environment, Anglia Ruskin University.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: competencies; critical thinking; decision making; experiment; prototype development
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- URL: http://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/701818/
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This research centres on the acquisition of professional competencies by graduates who have recently entered the construction industry. Many professional competencies involve critical thinking and subjective decision-making under conditions of uncertainty and variability; and therefore require higher-order abilities to accomplish. The acquisition of these competencies has been shown to be problematic, difficult to achieve and to take longer than anticipated. The aim of this research was to determine if acquisition could be enhanced and/or accelerated. The research design adopted a mixed methods approach. The study commenced by identifying and defining the problematic competencies through a process of qualitative research. This was followed by analysis of existing learning theories and non-traditional learning techniques that had been applied in other contexts through a search of the literature and published accounts of applications. The analysis identified constituent parts of theories and practice which were developed into an innovative learning model. The model was tested through a process of quantitative research conducted using a controlled experiment with a sample of new-entrant graduates employed by professional firms. The research produced a new model of learning comprising a unique combination of learning theories, practices and applicational constituents which acted in a synergistic way to enhance the acquisition of higher-order professional competencies. The research identified synergy as an important factor in the design and efficacy of the model, hitherto not recognised. The research has shown that higher-order professional competencies can be acquired faster and more effectively. It has developed and extended the learning theory of Bancroft, Burguillo, Lui et al and others through the identification of synergy as a significant factor. The research concludes by demonstrating that the learning model can reasonably be transferred to other new-entrants within the built environment industry and generalised to the development of graduate new-entrants in other professional sectors.
Talbot, B (2021) A novel data-driven tool to improve construction schedule accuracy, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Anglia Ruskin University.
Vohmann, B (2019) Authentic assessment to enhance undergraduates' learning and development as effective practitioners in built environment disciplines, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Anglia Ruskin University.
Zhao, Y (2016) Green supply chain management drivers/pressures, practices and performance in Chinese construction industry, Unpublished PhD Thesis, Lord Ashcroft International Business School, Anglia Ruskin University.