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American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2014
The pull of education is a powerful engine for societal change. Education is a values-driven product with specific and objective aims that serve society. The values of professional occupational therapy education were laid down at the field’s inception, although they have changed with the passage of time and in response to the profession’s and society’s
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The pull of education is a powerful engine for societal change. Education is a values-driven product with specific and objective aims that serve society. The values of professional occupational therapy education were laid down at the field’s inception, although they have changed with the passage of time and in response to the profession’s and society’s
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Liberating engineering education: Engineering education and pragmatism
2013 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2013The experts in pedagogical and curriculum development such as John Heywood and others have advocated that the liberating element of liberal studies are vocational elements of liberal education [1-2]. Since the 1960s, this statement constituted some of the leading work in curriculum development, managing mastery, and retraining programs of continued ...
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Preparing Engineering Educators for Engineering Education Research
2014Introduction The engineering profession is facing un-precedented challenges arising from globalization, poor public image, and low interest among students. To solve problems in sustainability, climate change, civil infrastructure, energy, and public health, the enterprise of engineering education must attract and retain a diverse group of students ...
Maura Borrego, Ruth A. Streveler
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Engineering education in Brazil
2015 International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL), 2015Engineering Education has always been important in Brazil, but its organization as an established activity started in 1973 with the foundation of ABENGE — the Brazilian Society for Engineering Education. This paper reviews the several activities of ABENGE as well as the measurable results obtained in the strengthening and modernization of this area.
Luiz C. Scavarda +2 more
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Gender in engineering education
2014 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2014It is widely recognized that the future of our societies in Europe depends on the capability we will have to attract some of the more talented students into technology. Women cannot be absent from the way our future is being shaped.
Yvonne Pourrat, Andre Beraud
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Developments in Engineering Education and Engineering Education Research in Europe
2015Europe is the cradle of engineering, as we know it. Engineering education research started in Europe in the 1960s. At that time, it was mostly social scientists who were conducting educational research. As a result of the weak link to educational practice, the research task was taken away from many educational centres in higher education.
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Engineering Education and Democracy
Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1937Most engineers are agreed that the engineering profession is not sufficiently active in civic and governmental affairs; that engineers are not sufficiently insistent in voicing their opinions to public officials who administer affairs vital to the profession.
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Hackerspaces and engineering education
2014 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) Proceedings, 2014During the past two years, we investigated the Louisville, Kentucky hackerspace as a venue for hosting undergraduate engineering student projects. The projects took place at LVL1.org, a collaborative workshop in downtown Louisville. There are such "makerspaces" or "hackerspaces" in most medium to large-sized US and European cities.
Cindy K. Harnett +2 more
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Document engineering education
Proceedings of the 2007 ACM symposium on Document engineering, 2007This working session will be a roundtable discussion of document engineering education. The working session's goal is to allow educators and researchers to share their experiences in teaching topics related to document engineering. The hope is that these discussions will stimulate the development of common resources, including syllabi, reading lists ...
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Engineering education in Japan
IEEE Communications Magazine, 1992The Japanese and American post-World-War-II educational systems are compared. The basic concepts and social customs inherent in the two educational systems are discussed. Various problems with the Japanese engineering education system are outlined, and the theory and practical implementation of meta-engineering concepts are described. >
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