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Innovations that have changed the engineering educational environment: EDUCATING FOR THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT
6TH UICEE ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, pp.207-209
01 Jan 2003
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Abstract
A dramatically restructured undergraduate engineering education programme has been in process for more than a decade with significant positive results. The programme involves the vertical integration of basic mathematics, physical sciences and humanities into an interwoven set together with engineering as the intellectual centrepiece from the first day the students begin their baccalaureate education. Students learn the early mathematical and scientific foundations in an engineering context, coupled with extensive early hands-on experiential learning and engineering design, increased use of technology and an extensive assessment programme. Emphasis has also been given to increased graduation rates of students from underrepresented populations. The programme bridges traditional barriers across departments, colleges within the institution and across institutions. A coalition of institutions organised to conduct this programme has achieved significant success with many measures including student retention, progress to degree completion, faculty development and educational pedagogy, as well as a sustainable educational culture change. This paper describes the process of change, institutional implementation and its positive outcomes.
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- Title
- Innovations that have changed the engineering educational environment
- Creators
- E Fromm
- Contributors
- Z J Pudlowski (Editor)
- Publication Details
- 6TH UICEE ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, pp.207-209
- Conference
- 6TH UICEE ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION, 6th
- Series
- MONASH ENGINEERING EDUCATION SERIES
- Publisher
- Uicee, Faculty Engineering
- Number of pages
- 3
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Identifiers
- 991019170405404721
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