Handbook Of Research On Engineering Education In A Global Context

Author : Smirnova, Elena V.,Clark, Robin P.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 543 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522533962

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Handbook of Research on Engineering Education in a Global Context by Smirnova, Elena V.,Clark, Robin P. Pdf

Engineering education methods and standards are important features of engineering programs that should be carefully designed both to provide students and stakeholders with valuable, active, integrated learning experiences, and to provide a vehicle for assessing program outcomes. With the driving force of the globalization of the engineering profession, standards should be developed for mutual recognition of engineering education across the world, but it is proving difficult to achieve. The Handbook of Research on Engineering Education in a Global Context provides innovative insights into the importance of quality training and preparation for engineering students. It explores the common and current problems encountered in areas such as quality and standards, management information systems, innovation and enhanced learning technologies in education, as well as the challenges of employability, entrepreneurship, and diversity. This publication is vital reference source for science and engineering educators, engineering professionals, and educational administrators interested in topics centered on the education of students in the field of engineering.

Author : Aditya Johri
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 954 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-05-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000897487

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International Handbook of Engineering Education Research by Aditya Johri Pdf

This comprehensive handbook offers a broad overview of contemporary research on engineering education and its practical application. Over the past two decades, the field of engineering education research (EER) has become a vibrant and impactful community with new journals, conferences, and doctoral and research programs established across the globe. The increased interest in this area has helped improve the education and training of the next generation of engineers, as well as supporting growth in the use of technology for teaching and learning, increased attention to broadening participation, diversity and inclusion in the field, and a wide international expansion of the field. Drawing on the work of 100 expert contributors from over 20 countries, this volume covers both emergent and established areas of research within engineering education, giving voice to newcomers to the field as well as perspectives from established experts. Contents include: Sociocognitive and affective perspectives on engineering education. Technology and online learning in engineering education. Cultural and ethical issues including diversity, equity, and inclusion in engineering education. Curriculum design, teaching practices, and teacher education at all levels. Research methods and assessment in engineering education. This book offers an innovative and in-depth overview of engineering education scholarship and practice, which will be of use to researchers in engineering education, engineering educators and faculty, teacher educators in engineering education or STEM education, and other engineering and STEM-related professional organizations. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Author : Aditya Johri,Barbara M. Olds
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1124 pages
File Size : 48,6 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 : Bill Williams,José Figueiredo,James Trevelyan
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780415636964

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Engineering Practice in a Global Context by Bill Williams,José Figueiredo,James Trevelyan Pdf

This volume aims to provide the reader with a broad cross-section of empirical research being carried out into engineers at work. The chapters provide pointers to other relevant studies over recent decades – an important aspect, we believe, because this area has only recently begun to coalesce as a field of study and up to now relevant empirical research has tended to be published across a range of academic disciplines. This lack of readily available literature might explain why contemporary notions of engineering have drifted far from the realities of practice and are in urgent need of revision. The principal focus is on what empirical studies tell us about the social and technical aspects of engineering practice and the mutual interaction between the two. After a foreword by Gary Lee Downey, the research presented by the various chapter authors is based on empirical data from studies of engineers working in a variety of global settings that include Australia, Ireland, Portugal, South Asia, Switzerland, the UK and the US The following groups of readers are addressed: •researchers and students with an interest in engineering practice, •professional engineers, particularly those interested in research on engineering practice, •engineering educators, •people who employ, recruit or work with engineers. Providing a much clearer picture of engineering practice and its variations than has been available until now, the book is of interest to engineers and those who work with them. At the same time it provides invaluable resource material for educators who are aiming for more authentic learning experiences in their classrooms. Further information, visit the website Engineering Practice in a Global Context Online: http://epr.ist.utl.pt/EPGC/

Author : Malheiro, Benedita,Fuentes-Durá, Pedro
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781668423110

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Handbook of Research on Improving Engineering Education With the European Project Semester by Malheiro, Benedita,Fuentes-Durá, Pedro Pdf

Engineering education aims to prepare engineering undergraduates for their future professional journey where they will be called on to solve challenges affecting individuals, companies, and society. The European Project Semester (EPS) exposes students to project- and challenge-based learning, paying special attention to international multidisciplinary teamwork, sustainable design, innovative thinking, and project management in order to develop a set of desired professional skills. The Handbook of Research on Improving Engineering Education With the European Project Semester shares the best practices in engineering education through close examination of the EPS. It describes the adopted learning framework, analyzes how it contributes to the development of skills, reports on the types of challenges proposed to teams, and delivers a set of team-project cases from the network of providers. Covering topics such as engineering ethics, project management, and sustainable behavior, this book is essential to students in engineering, engineers, engineering educators, educational researchers, academic administration and faculty, and academicians.

Author : Steen Hyldgaard Christensen,Christelle Didier,Andrew Jamison,Martin Meganck,Carl Mitcham,Byron Newberry
Publisher : Springer
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-25
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783319161693

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International Perspectives on Engineering Education by Steen Hyldgaard Christensen,Christelle Didier,Andrew Jamison,Martin Meganck,Carl Mitcham,Byron Newberry Pdf

This inclusive cross-cultural study rethinks the nexus between engineering education and context. In so doing the book offers a reflection on contextual boundaries with an overall boundary crossing ambition and juxtaposes important cases of critical participation within engineering education with sophisticated scholarly reflection on both opportunities and discontents. Whether and in what way engineering education is or ought to be contextualized or de-contextualized is an object of heated debate among engineering educators. The uniqueness of this study is that this debate is given comprehensive coverage – presenting both instrumentally inclined as well as radical positions on transforming engineering education. In contextualizing engineering education, this book offers diverse commentary from a range of disciplinary, meta- and interdisciplinary perspectives on how cultural, professional, institutional and educational systems contexts shape histories, structural dynamics, ideologies and challenges as well as new pathways in engineering education. Topics addressed include examining engineering education in countries ranging from India to America, to racial and gender equity in engineering education and incorporating social awareness into the area. Using context as “bridge” this book confronts engineering education head on. Contending engineering ideologies and corresponding views on context are juxtaposed with contending discourses of reform. The uniqueness of the book is that it brings together scholars from the humanities, the social sciences and engineering from Europe – both East and West – with the United States, China, Brazil, India and Australia.

Author : Walter Leal Filho,Susan Nesbit
Publisher : Springer
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319329338

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New Developments in Engineering Education for Sustainable Development by Walter Leal Filho,Susan Nesbit Pdf

This book discusses essential approaches and methods in connection with engineering education for sustainable development. Prepared as a follow-up to the 2015 Engineering Education in Sustainable Development (EESD) Conference held in British Columbia, Canada, it offers the engineering community key information on the latest trends and developments in this important field. Reflecting the need to address the links between formal and informal education, the scholars and professionals who contribute to this book show by means of case studies and projects how the goal of fostering sustainable development in the context of engineering education can be achieved. In particular, they discuss the need for restructuring teaching at engineering‐focused institutions of higher education and provide practical examples of how to do so. The book places special emphasis on state-of-the art descriptions of approaches, methods, initiatives and projects from around the world, illustrating the contribution of engineering and affiliated sciences to sustainable development in various contexts, and at an international scale.

Author : Harper, Donta S.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781799865186

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Building Competencies for Organizational Success: Emerging Research and Opportunities by Harper, Donta S. Pdf

Competencies historically have been vital for skill building, and competency-based approaches have demonstrated their impact on business performance and organizational effectiveness in today’s marketplace. However, this has been discussed exclusively in chapters and books as separate propositions. It is essential to understand the two as linked together, building upon the other, merging individual and organizational perspectives of competencies development. Building Competencies for Organizational Success: Emerging Research and Opportunities presents a narrowly focused discussion of competency-based approaches and performance management and examines how these concepts align with business processes and procedures, management systems, and business objectives. It brings to light a new era of business performance management that complements the collaborative working of individuals and organizations to achieve business desires and addresses such topics as competent organization, knowledge management, and performance management systems. This book helps leaders, managers, executives, consultants, practitioners, academicians, researchers, and students with the understanding of how to utilize intellectual assets as well as how to develop a better future and outcomes for business and people management.

Author : Barbara M. Olds
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1107785650

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

Author : Gretar Tryggvason,Diran Apelian
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 52,7 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 : Alexei V. Samsonovich,Ricardo R. Gudwin,Alexandre da Silva Simões
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030655969

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Brain-Inspired Cognitive Architectures for Artificial Intelligence: BICA*AI 2020 by Alexei V. Samsonovich,Ricardo R. Gudwin,Alexandre da Silva Simões Pdf

The book focuses on original approaches intended to support the development of biologically inspired cognitive architectures. It bridges together different disciplines, from classical artificial intelligence to linguistics, from neuro- and social sciences to design and creativity, among others. The chapters, based on contributions presented at the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the BICA Society, held on November 10-14, 2020, in Natal, Brazil, discuss emerging methods, theories and ideas towards the realization of general-purpose humanlike artificial intelligence or fostering a better understanding of the ways the human mind works. All in all, the book provides engineers, mathematicians, psychologists, computer scientists and other experts with a timely snapshot of recent research and a source of inspiration for future developments in the broadly intended areas of artificial intelligence and biological inspiration.

Author : Underwood, Charles,Mahmood, Mara Welsh,Vásquez, Olga
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781799874027

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A Cultural Historical Approach to Social Displacement and University-Community Engagement: Emerging Research and Opportunities by Underwood, Charles,Mahmood, Mara Welsh,Vásquez, Olga Pdf

In a time of worldwide turmoil and pervasive social displacement, universities and communities have come together to meet these urgent challenges in order to support the academic and social development of displaced young people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. It is crucial to understand and review how institutions, as well as individuals and collaborative groups, have worked together to expand institutional culture and practice in a process of cross-institutional expansive learning. A Cultural Historical Approach to Social Displacement and University-Community Engagement: Emerging Research and Opportunities focuses on university-community collaborative engagement as a strategic response to widespread social displacement and its implications for the educational and social development of underserved young people from displaced communities. Using a cultural historical perspective, the book offers a comparative study of collaborative engagement in multiple programs involving university and community partners in long-term efforts to address the social displacement and educational development of local young people. Specifically, it examines University-Community Links (UC Links), an international network of partnerships between universities and communities that has been addressing the educational implications of social displacement for over 20 years. This book is ideal for school faculty, students, university administrators, local community leaders, community-based organization leaders, local political leaders, teachers, and school partners, as well as researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders interested in discourse on university-community engagement in higher education, K-12, and local and state decision-making arenas.

Author : Schnackenberg, Heidi L.,Simard, Denise A.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522570578

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Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Higher Education Leadership by Schnackenberg, Heidi L.,Simard, Denise A. Pdf

Gender studies in the professional realm has long been a heavily researched field, with many feminist texts studying topics including the wage gap and family life. However, female administration in higher education remains largely understudied, particularly on the influence of personal, professional, and societal factors on women. There is a need for studies that seek to understand how gender intersects with the multiple dimensions of women leaders’ personhoods, such as family status, marital status, age, race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation, to inform women’s career path experiences and leadership aspirations. Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Higher Education Leadership is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the specific challenges, issues, strategies, and solutions that are associated with diverse leadership in higher education. While highlighting topics such as educational administration, leader mentorship, and professional promotion, this publication explores evidence-based professional practice for women in higher education who are currently in or are seeking positions of leadership, as well as the methods of nurturing women in administrative positions. This book is ideally designed for educators, researchers, academicians, scholars, policymakers, educational administrators, graduate-level students, and pre-service teachers seeking current research on the state of educational leadership in regard to gender.

Author : Van Sickle, Meta L.,Swanson, Julie D.,Bazler, Judith A.,Lubniewski, Kathryn L.
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781522558804

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Identifying, Describing, and Developing Teachers Who Are Gifted and Talented by Van Sickle, Meta L.,Swanson, Julie D.,Bazler, Judith A.,Lubniewski, Kathryn L. Pdf

Much of the research about teachers focuses on “those who can’t/don’t/aren’t good” in the classroom. However, teachers who are gifted and talented exist, but there has been little attention to date on the characteristics and practices of such teachers in the classroom. While few, the examples of research on positive teacher attributes include work on the “expert,” “authentic,” and “creative,” as well as examples of research on eminent adults. Identifying, Describing, and Developing Teachers Who Are Gifted and Talented is an essential reference source that discusses behaviors and traits in teachers who are considered gifted and talented as well as case studies on the identification and preparation of teachers who fall into this category. Featuring research on topics such as creative innovation, emotional intelligence, and skill development, this book is ideally designed for educators, administrators, researchers, and academicians.

Author : Yueh-Min Huang,Tânia Rocha
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Education--Data processing
ISBN : 9783031401138

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Innovative Technologies and Learning by Yueh-Min Huang,Tânia Rocha Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Innovative Technologies and Learning, ICITL 2023, held in Porto, Portugal, during August 28-30, 2023. The 64 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 147 submissions. They cover a wide range of many different research topics, such as: artificial intelligence in education; computational thinking in education; design and framework of learning systems; pedagogies to innovative technologies and learning; STEM/STEAM education; VR/AR/MR/XR in education; and application and design of innovative learning software.