Educating Tomorrow S Engineers

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-08
Category : Education
ISBN : 0215053419

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Educating Tomorrow's Engineers by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Science and Technology Committee Pdf

In the UK we teach young people to become computer users and consumers rather than programmers and software engineers. This is creating a chronic skills gap in ICT. We need around 82,000 engineers and technicians just to deal with retirements up to 2016 and 830,000 SET professionals by 2020. On the plus side, the Government's proposal to include computer science as a fourth science option to count towards the EBac is welcomed. The Committee also welcomes the EBac's focus on attainment of mathematics and science GCSEs but is concerned that subjects such as Design and Technology (D&T) might be marginalised. A Technical Baccalaureate (TechBac) is being designed but if it is to be a success, schools should be incentivised to focus on the TechBac by making it equivalent to the EBac. Reforms to vocational education following the Wolf Review meant that Level 2 of the Engineering Diploma, a qualification highly regarded, would count as equivalent to one GCSE despite requiring curriculum time and effort equivalent to several GCSEs. The Engineering Diploma, however, is currently being redesigned as four separate qualifications. The Committee also expressed concerns over the Department for Education's (DfE) lack of clarity on its research budget, and use of evidence in decision-making. The DfE needs to place greater focus on gathering evidence before changes to qualifications are made, and must leave sufficient time for evidence to be gathered on the effectiveness of policies before introducing further change. The possibility of gathering evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) should be seriously considered

Author : Sheri Sheppard
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131763471

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Educating Engineers by Sheri Sheppard Pdf

'Educating Engineers' documents a range of solutions to the dilemmas facing the field of educating engineers across all areas.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology,Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Engineering
ISBN : 0215057481

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Educating Tomorrow's Engineers by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Select Committee on Science and Technology,Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf

Author : James Speight
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466553576

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Educating Scientists and Engineers for Academic and Non-Academic Career Success by James Speight Pdf

In an increasingly technological world, the education of scientists and engineers has become an activity of growing importance. Educating Scientists and Engineers for Academic and Non-Academic Career Success focuses on the structure of the current educational system and describes the transformations needed to ensure the adequate education of future

Author : Yu, Liguo
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781466658011

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Overcoming Challenges in Software Engineering Education: Delivering Non-Technical Knowledge and Skills by Yu, Liguo Pdf

Computer science graduates often find software engineering knowledge and skills are more in demand after they join the industry. However, given the lecture-based curriculum present in academia, it is not an easy undertaking to deliver industry-standard knowledge and skills in a software engineering classroom as such lectures hardly engage or convince students. Overcoming Challenges in Software Engineering Education: Delivering Non-Technical Knowledge and Skills combines recent advances and best practices to improve the curriculum of software engineering education. This book is an essential reference source for researchers and educators seeking to bridge the gap between industry expectations and what academia can provide in software engineering education.

Author : Aditya Johri,Barbara M. Olds
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1124 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-10
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781107785854

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Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research by Aditya Johri,Barbara M. Olds Pdf

The Cambridge Handbook of Engineering Education Research is the critical reference source for the growing field of engineering education research, featuring the work of world luminaries writing to define and inform this emerging field. The Handbook draws extensively on contemporary research in the learning sciences, examining how technology affects learners and learning environments, and the role of social context in learning. Since a landmark issue of the Journal of Engineering Education (2005), in which senior scholars argued for a stronger theoretical and empirically driven agenda, engineering education has quickly emerged as a research-driven field increasing in both theoretical and empirical work drawing on many social science disciplines, disciplinary engineering knowledge, and computing. The Handbook is based on the research agenda from a series of interdisciplinary colloquia funded by the US National Science Foundation and published in the Journal of Engineering Education in October 2006.

Author : University of Cambridge. Engineering Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : WISC:89038763140

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Education of Tomorrow's Engineering Designers by University of Cambridge. Engineering Department Pdf

Author : Richard M. Reis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118387122

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Tomorrow's Professor by Richard M. Reis Pdf

Tomorrow's Professor is designed to help you prepare for, find, and succeed at academic careers in science and engineering. It looks at the full range of North American four-year academic institutions while featuring 30 vignettes and more than 50 individual stories that bring to life the principles and strategies outlined in the book. Tailored for today's graduate students, postdocs, and beginning professors, Tomorrow's Professor: Presents a no-holds-barred look at the academic enterprise Describes a powerful preparation strategy to make you competitive for academic positions while maintaining your options for worthwhile careers in government and industry Explains how to get the offer you want and start-up package you need to help ensure success in your first critical years on the job Provides essential insights from experienced faculty on how to develop a rewarding academic career and a quality of life that is both balanced and fulfilling Bonus material is available for free download at http://booksupport.wiley.com At a time when anxiety about academic career opportunities for Ph.D.s in these field is at an all-time high, Tomorrow's Professor provides a much-needed practical approach to career development.

Author : Michael E. Auer,David Guralnick,Istvan Simonics
Publisher : Springer
Page : 795 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-09
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319732046

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Teaching and Learning in a Digital World by Michael E. Auer,David Guralnick,Istvan Simonics Pdf

This book gathers the Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL2017), held in Budapest, Hungary on 27–29 September 2017. The authors are currently witnessing a significant transformation in the development of education. The impact of globalisation on all areas of human life, the exponential acceleration of technological developments and global markets, and the need for flexibility and agility are essential and challenging elements of this process that have to be tackled in general, but especially in engineering education. To face these current real-world challenges, higher education has to find innovative ways to quickly respond to them. Since its inception in 1998, this conference has been devoted to new approaches in learning with a focus on collaborative learning. Today the ICL conferences offer a forum for exchange concerning relevant trends and research results, and for sharing practical experience gained while developing and testing elements of new technologies and pedagogies in the learning context.

Author : Gretar Tryggvason,Diran Apelian
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118138243

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Shaping Our World by Gretar Tryggvason,Diran Apelian Pdf

A look at engineering education today— with an eye to tomorrow Engineering education is in flux. While it is increasingly important that engineers be innovative, entrepreneurial, collaborative, and able to work globally, there are virtually no programs that prepare students to meet these new challenges. Shaping Our World: Engineering Education for the 21st Century seeks to fill this void, exploring revolutionary approaches to the current engineering curriculum that will bring it fully up to date and prepare the next generation of would-be engineers for real and lasting professional success. Comprised of fourteen chapters written by respected experts on engineering education, the book is divided into three parts that address the need for change in the way engineering is taught; specific innovations that have been tested, why they matter, and how they can be more broadly instituted; and the implications for further changes. Designed to aid engineering departments in their transition towards new modes of learning and leadership in engineering education, the book describes how to put into practice educational programs that are aligned with upcoming changes, such as those proposed in the NAE's Engineer of 2020 reports. Addressing the need to change engineering education to meet the demands of the 21st century head on, Shaping Our World condenses current discussions, research, and trials regarding new methods into specific, actionable calls for change.

Author : D. Weichert,B. Rauhut,R. Schmidt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006-02-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780306483943

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Educating the Engineer for the 21st Century by D. Weichert,B. Rauhut,R. Schmidt Pdf

Upspeeding technological evolution and globalisation characterise today’s and future lives of engineers. It is vital for all institutions involved in engineering education to keep pace and to anticipate future needs. The herein presented collection of papers results from the Workshop on Global Engineering Education (GEE’3) which took place at Aachen University of Technology, 18 – 20 October 2000. In this meeting more than 150 specialists from 25 countries discussed the topic “Educating the Engineer for the Century”. Which role to attribute to non-technical qualifications? How to integrate ethical aspects in education? Do we have to define international standards in education? What about quality control? What is the potential of new media for knowledge transfer? How to organise lifelong learning for engineers? - These are some of the questions discussed among representatives of industries, educational institutions, politicians and individuals during this meeting. According to the sessions of the workshop, the book is subdivided into chapters covering the areas “Role of the Global Engineer in Meeting the Challenges of Society in the Century”, ”Internationality and Interdisciplinarity”, “Engineering Education in Emerging Economies”, “European Bachelor and Master Programmes”, “Developing Personal Skills to be a Global Engineer”. Three chapters deal with successful practice in engineering education covering the topics “Programmes, Curricula and Evaluation”, “Educational Concepts”, and “University-Industry Partnership, Design Projects”.

Author : George D. Catalano
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781598292190

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Engineering, Poverty, and the Earth by George D. Catalano Pdf

In the present work, the growing awareness in engineering of the profession’s responsibility towards the environment and the poor is considered. The following approach is taken: a brief overview of the issues of poverty particularly in the U.S. and the deterioration of the natural world with a focus on the Arctic is provided. Case studies involving New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the status of polar bears in a time of shrinking Arctic ice cover are detailed. Recent developments in engineering related to the issues of poverty and the environment are discussed. A new paradigm for engineering based on the works of Leonardo Boff and Thomas Berry, one that places an important emphasis upon a community, is explored.

Author : R. Natarajan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9788132219316

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Proceedings of the International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education by R. Natarajan Pdf

This book comprises the proceedings of the International Conference on Transformations in Engineering Education conducted jointly by BVB College of Engineering & Technology, Hubli, India and Indo US Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE). This event is done in collaboration with International Federation of Engineering Education Societies (IFEES), American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and Global Engineering Deans' Council (GEDC). The conference is about showcasing the transformational practices in Engineering Education space.

Author : Rasul, Mohammad
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781466609525

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Developments in Engineering Education Standards: Advanced Curriculum Innovations by Rasul, Mohammad Pdf

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Author : Frank Banks,David Barlex
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781136678653

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Teaching STEM in the Secondary School by Frank Banks,David Barlex Pdf

The skills, knowledge and understanding of the subjects involved in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) are vital for all young people in an increasingly science- and technology-driven society. This book looks at the purpose and pedagogy of STEM teaching and explores the ways in which STEM subjects can interact in the curriculum to enhance student understanding, achievement and motivation. By reaching outside their own classroom, teachers can collaborate across subjects to enrich learning and help students relate school science, technology and maths to the wider world. Packed with ideas and practical details for teachers of STEM subjects, this book: considers what the STEM subjects contribute separately to the curriculum and how they relate to each other in the wider education of secondary school students describes and evaluates different curriculum models for STEM suggests ways in which a critical approach to the pedagogy of the classroom, laboratory and workshop can support STEM for all students addresses the practicalities of introducing, organising and sustaining STEM-related activities in the secondary school looks to ways schools can manage and sustain STEM approaches in the long-term. This timely new text is essential reading for trainee and practising teachers who wish to make the learning of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics an interesting, motivating and exciting experience for their students.