Presentations and workshops on disaster cases for professional development purposes are popular among engineers. Despite common use of such case based learning, there has been only limited investigation into this practice in a hazardous industry context. Based on the literature on case based learning, this paper presents findings from five workshops on the causation of the Überlingen mid-air aircraft collision in 2002 with 43 Australian pipeline project personnel. Using Kolb’s four-stage model of experiential learning, the analysis shows how the case offers a concrete experience, an opportunity for reflective observation and abstract conceptualization in group discussion, and space to experiment with and apply lessons to participants’ own sector completing the learning cycle. Participants were able to take both lessons about principles of organizational safety and technical aspects, suggesting far greater potential for this training approach than acknowledged in previous studies. We conclude with observations about what makes for an effective case, and how to best structure and facilitate the learning experience.

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实践工程师基于案例的学习：设计、促进和经验教训

以专业发展为目的的关于灾难案例的演讲和研讨会在工程师中很受欢迎。尽管这种基于案例的学习普遍使用，但在危险行业环境中对这种做法的调查有限。基于案例学习的文献，本文介绍了五个研讨会的调查结果，这些讨论会涉及 2002 年 Überlingen 空中飞机与 43 名澳大利亚管道项目人员相撞的原因。使用 Kolb 的体验式学习的四阶段模型，分析显示了案例如何提供具体的体验，在小组讨论中进行反思观察和抽象概念化的机会，以及在完成学习周期的参与者自己的部门中试验和应用经验教训的空间. 参与者能够同时学习组织安全原则和技术方面的课程，这表明这种培训方法的潜力比以前的研究中承认的要大得多。最后，我们观察到什么是有效案例，以及如何最好地构建和促进学习体验。