TY  - CPAPER
U1  - Konferenzveröffentlichung
A1  - Merwe, André van der
A1  - Hummel, Vera
A1  - Matope, Stephen
ED  - Dimitrov, Dimiter
ED  - Oosthuizen, Gert Adriaan
T1  - The learning factory: a didactic platform for knowledge transfer in South Africa
T2  - Resource efficiency for global competitiveness : International Conference on Competitive Manufacturing COMA '16, 27 January - 29 January 2016, Stellenbosch, South Africa ; proceedings
N2  - During the first years of their employment, the graduates are a liability to industry. The employer goes an extra mile to bridge the gap between university-exiting and profitable employment of engineering graduates. Unfortunately some cannot take this risk. Given this scenario, this paper presents a learning factory approach as a platform for the application of knowledge so as to develop the required engineering competences in South African engineering graduates before they enter the labour market. It spells out the components of a Stellenbosch University Learning Factory geared towards production of engineering graduates with the required industrial skills. It elaborates on the didactics embedded in the learning factory environment, tailor-made to produce engineers who can productively contribute to the growth of the industry upon exiting the university.
KW  - learning factory
KW  - university graduates
KW  - competences
KW  - didactics
KW  - industry
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:rt2-opus4-13292
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:rt2-opus4-13292
UR  - http://scholar.sun.ac.za/handle/10019.1/98229
SN  - 978-0-7972-1602-0
SB  - 978-0-7972-1602-0
SP  - 461
EP  - 465
S1  - 5
PB  - Stellenbosch University
CY  - Stellenbosch
ER  -