Engineering Curricula: Understanding the Design Space and Exploiting the Opportunities: Summary of a Workshop
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-College Senior |
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Community-based Service Learning Computing Diversity Design Engineering Diversity General Engineering, Engineering Science |
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Organization:National Academy of Engineering |
| Description: | Report from the National Academies Press. "In April 2009 a workshop was held to explore how engineering curricula could be enhanced to better prepare future engineers. The workshop, summarized in this volume, included individuals from industry, academia, government agencies, and professional societies. During the workshop participants addressed the rationale for the scope and sequence of current engineering curricula, considering both the positive aspects as well as those aspects that have outlived their usefulness. Other topics of discussion included the potential to enhance engineering curricula through creative uses of instructional technologies; the importance of inquiry-based activities as well as authentic learning experiences grounded in real world contexts; and the opportunities provided by looking more deeply at what personal and professional outcomes result from studying engineering. General themes that appeared to underlie the workshop attendees' discussions included desires to (a) restructure engineering curricula to focus on inductive teaching and learning, (b) apply integrated, just-in-time learning of relevant topics across STEM fields, and (c) make more extensive use and implementation of learning technologies. During breakout discussions, many additional suggestions were offered for means by which to facilitate curricular innovation." |
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| Keywords: | engineering design design Engineer 2020 gender equity |
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(c) Design a system, component, or process |
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Another good report from the National Academy of Engineering emphasizing the importance of design and its application in higher education. The breakout sessions asked questions that would be useful for discussions among our own faculty: o What aspects of social sciences, liberal arts and business could be better integrated to broaden the education of engineering students? o How can engineering faculty work with faculty across our campuses to enhance the technological awareness and understanding of non-engineering students? How can engineering faculty partner with math and science faculty to benefit engineering students? |
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| Publication Date: | January 2010 |
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WWW |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12824 |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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