Effects of Project-based Learning Experiment on Students Self-evaluation of Fundamental Competencies for Working Person

The Advanced Computer Systems Engineering Design Project is a main subject for education of engineering design at the department of Information and Systems Engineering, Fukuoka Institute of Technology. Education for engineering design is an important requirement for education programs accredited by the Japan Accreditation Board for Engineering Education (JABEE). On the other hand, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) defines and propounds the “Fundamental Competencies for Working Persons”, and the included 12 competency factors are also considered to be indices suitable for evaluating educational effects. This paper reports the evaluation of the subject obtained by a questionnaire survey conducted for the students who took the subject at 2013. Analysis of the questionnaire data shows that the students considered that personal competencies such as execution skill, ability to detect issues, planning skill etc. could be improved through activities in the subject, however, the analysis also points out a future issue that self-evaluation of the students for acquisition of collaboration competencies, such abilities to deliver messages, to listen closely and carefully, flexibility etc., was less than that for acquisition of personal competencies.