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Towards a Multi-competence Based Learning Internship Model: A Problem-Based Approach
Tekijät: Bakari, Abubakar Diwani; Nkonoki, Emma; Khatib, Mary; Hamad, Masoud Mmanga; Rusudi, Badru
Toimittaja: Auer, Michael E.; Rüütmann, Tiia
Konferenssin vakiintunut nimi: International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning
Julkaisuvuosi: 2025
Journal: Lecture notes in networks and systems
Kokoomateoksen nimi: Futureproofing Engineering Education for Global Responsibility: Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2024), Volume 3
Vuosikerta: 1280
Aloitussivu: 312
Lopetussivu: 318
ISBN: 978-3-031-83522-3
eISBN: 978-3-031-83523-0
ISSN: 2367-3370
eISSN: 2367-3389
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-83523-0_29
Verkko-osoite: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-83523-0_29
The need for highly skilled and adaptive professionals has grown in recent years. To prepare students with the required skills for the 21st-century workforce, a multi-thinking model can make them agile, adaptive, and multi-competent and positively impact their careers and society. This study aims to understand the impact of the multi-competence-based learning approach on students and staff as an internship model for the State University of Zanzibar students. Multicompetence-based learning is a methodology tested in five Tanzanian Universities where educators can create a rich, interdisciplinary learning environment that prepares students with the needed skills for the modern world. Under the blue economy theme, the program was implemented for two consecutive years, and each internship lasted eight weeks. The study employed a participatory Action Research approach where the authors of this paper participated in both MCL 1.0 and MCL 2.0 campaigns as coordinators, experts, researchers, or mentors. This research analyzes how a multi-competence-based learning internship approach can bridge the narrative and empirical gaps in students’ skills development and employability. The study found the potential contribution of the approach to students in facilitating employability through networking, practical know-how, collaborations, and the modality of the campaigns. It was concluded that enhancing a problem-based learning approach by exposing students to internship experiences promotes the development of critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and problem-solving abilities in class and real life. In the future, researchers can investigate whether a seven-week campaign can have the same impact as those institutions that spent six weeks.