Using Audio Visual Materials for Civil Engineering Students to Gain Field Experience in Schools: Stone Wall Example

Abstract

Civil engineers taking great responsibilities in many tasks they work, get educated in university before they have such an important profession. With this education, they are expected to fulfill the responsibilities they will face in their professional life. Therefore, the education received by civil engineers is as important as their work for society. Students from schools with more theoretical education have difficulties on understanding of practical applications in the field. To overcome these understanding challenges, students have been supplemented with audio-visual materials that contain practical knowledge based on theoretical background. For this purpose, the process of the construction work were visually recorded in original form from construction site and a specific scenario was prepared and performed. Prepared audio-visual material was then presented to a total of 261 students and the efficiency of the materials was determined. As a result of this study, it was seen that the use of audio-visual material contributed to the elimination of the deficiencies of the students in the construction work applications.