| dc.contributor.author | Wagner, Heidi Em | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background
The U.S. Bureau of Labor's Occupational Outlook Handbook states that faster-thanaverage employment growth is expected in construction management with job openings
projected to exceed qualified applicants (2008). Increasing complexity of projects,
including sophistication of technology and new laws for building standards, will boost the
demand for specialized management personnel (U. S. Bureau of Labor 2008).
Purpose
Obvious locales for the recruitment and training of construction managers are construction
management baccalaureate degree programs. Because these programs educate for an
occupation, it is essential for them to be aware of what the industry requires of its workers.
The purpose of this study was to enhance the current curriculum of B.S. programs by
redesigning the internship, creating a cognitive apprenticeship in the form of a prospectus
having the capacity to be implemented by the construction industry and educators.
Scope/Method
This residential construction management apprenticeship model employs a cognitive
apprenticeship learning structure designed by Allan Collins, John Seely Brown, and Susan
E. Newman and seeks to educate students in residential construction management
methodology (1989). Jack H. Willenbrock's (1994) Management Guidelines for Growth
Oriented Homebuilding Firms is used as the theoretical framework taught to students from
which they can gain analytical proficiency of management methods.
Conclusions
A practical, three-phase progressive model for a Residential Construction Management
Cognitive Apprenticeship Program (RCMCAP) has been developed. This model can be
used by institutions of higher learning for a likely increase of the number and quality of
graduates entering residential construction at managerial levels. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | North Dakota State University | en_US |
| dc.rights | NDSU policy 190.6.2 | en_US |
| dc.title | A Residential Construction Management Cognitive Apprenticeship Program | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-01-04T14:20:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-01-04T14:20:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10365/33547 | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Cognitive apprenticeship -- North Dakota -- Fargo. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Construction industry -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- North Dakota -- Fargo. | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Building -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- North Dakota -- Fargo. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | https://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/policy/190.pdf | en_US |
| ndsu.degree | Master of Science (MS) | en_US |
| ndsu.college | Engineering | en_US |
| ndsu.department | Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering | en_US |
| ndsu.program | Construction Management and Engineering | en_US |
| ndsu.advisor | McIntyre, Charles | |
