Civil Engineering Students’ Collective Agency and Professional Identity in a Problem- and Project-Based Learning Environment: Case from Qatar

This study explores engineering students’ enactment of collective agency and perceptions of professional identity. Empirical data were drawn from observation and group interviews with 30 engineering students in a civil engineering course using a problem and project-based learning (PBL) approach. Using the technique of quantifying qualitative data, the study identified patterns of agency manifestation in seven domains within project work: (1)...