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Lettre de  S. De Beaujeu à Mde De Lanaudière
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Work-based learning models in engineering curricula: insight from the French experience
No full textInternational audienceTo favour an early exposure of students to professional practice, severalengineering higher education institutions have implemented integratedcurricula, as proposed in the international CDIO educational framework.In the 1990s, the French engineering education accreditation bodyintroduced in its quality standards a compulsory internship period.Based on this national experience, this article sets out the variousmodels of internships and apprenticeships in French engineeringeducation and presents two curriculum integrations: one in a highlyselective public graduate Grande Ecole and another in a private multisiteengineering institution strongly linked to professional branches andnational qualification framework. To provide some inputs and rationalesto educational programme designers in other national contexts, thisarticle proposes to extend the CDIO framework to systematically includework-based learning as integrated activities, to better match industryrequirements and student competency expectations as future engineers
