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To educate engineers or to engineer educators?: Exploring access to engineering careers
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2017AbstractAlthough studies claim increases in underrepresented populations choosing STEM majors, barriers to retention, and higher education degree completion in STEM still exist. This study examined efforts of a prominent technical university to attract and retain urban high school graduates through a tuition scholarship program.
Michael G. Eastman +3 more
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The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 2014
Abstract 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 ...
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Abstract 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 ...
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Engineering and engineering education
Electrical Engineering, 1937Because it is considered to be timely, informative, and lucid, this article is republished* here so that the many members of the Institute who are interested in, but not intimately associated with, the field of engineering education may have the benefit of a reflection of current practices and trends in engineering education as seen by a recognized ...
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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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Engineering an education for the future
Computer, 1998Faced with rapid and unremitting change in the disciplines of electrical and computer engineering (ECE), some educators argue that they should deliberately not respond aggressively. Rather, educators should focus on fundamentals that will serve the students well for an entire career.
Edward A. Lee, David G. Messerschmitt
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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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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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