Engineering Education and Service-Learning
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| Audience/Grade: | 0-Continuing Education |
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Community-based Service Learning Design General Engineering, Engineering Science |
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Reference - Index/Link |
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| Description: | "Service-Learning in engineering education is gaining ground throughout the country and throughout the variety of disciplinary focuses within engineering education. Examples of service-learning exist in mechanical engineering, construction science, computer science and engineering, electrical engineering, and other forms of related education. Engineering is uniquely situated for the integration of service-learning into the curriculum because of its emphasis on experiential education, problem solving, and working in groups. While service-learning in engineering education is gaining ground, there is a sense from educators engaged in this work that engineering lags behind some other disciplines in its embracing of the service-learning model (Oakes, 2004).Service-learning has the potential to engage students in a real life application of the theoretical engineering models they learn in the classroom, to introduce engineering to students who may not have initially been drawn to engineering, and to reinforce models of learning that will be useful to engineering students as they enter the professional workforce. The power and potential of service-learning in engineering education is demonstrated through successful programs such as EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) and Engineers Without BordersTM. These programs, linked to within the web resources, provide outstanding examples of integrated, interdisciplinary service-learning within engineering education." |
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Resource site with bibliography and links to engineering service learning programs. Great comprehensive site. Part of a larger collection managed by the National Service-Learning Clearinghouse. See: http://www.needs.org/needs/view.jhtml?id=B72AB1C7-106A-4105-9A10-C9FAA2B1FD13 |
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| Publication Date: | March 2005 |
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WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://www.servicelearning.org/instant_info/fact_sheets/he_facts/ |
| Copyright and Use Restrictions: |
Standard. |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
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NEEDS
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