Journal article
Professional Skills in the Engineering Curriculum
IEEE transactions on education, Vol.53(4), pp.562-571
11/01/2010
DOI: 10.1109/TE.2009.2033041
Abstract
Faculty from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the College of Education at the University of Missouri (MU), Columbia, developed a novel course for engineering graduate students emphasizing pedagogy and professional skills. The two-semester course sequence, titled "Preparing Engineering Faculty and Professionals," includes readings from books that cover several different areas: How People Learn, with focus on the latest findings from cognitive science and their applicability to teaching; The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People for discussion of other professional skills; and The World is Flat for discussion of global trends and its effects on professionals. Other components of the course include lectures by guest speakers on topics ranging from how universities work and how to run successful research centers to leadership traits for engineers. A pilot survey of students at the end of the two-course sequence revealed that students had acquired little knowledge about pedagogy and professional skills from other courses in their undergraduate and graduate engineering curriculum; this course addresses such deficits by raising awareness and knowledge of these skills.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Professional Skills in the Engineering Curriculum
- Creators
- Ashwin Mohan - University of MissouriDominike Merle - University of MissouriChrista Jackson - University of MissouriJohn Lannin - University of MissouriSatish S Nair - University of Missouri
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- IEEE transactions on education, Vol.53(4), pp.562-571
- DOI
- 10.1109/TE.2009.2033041
- ISSN
- 0018-9359
- eISSN
- 1557-9638
- Publisher
- IEEE
- Number of pages
- 10
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2010
- Academic Unit
- Teaching and Learning
- Record Identifier
- 9985222824802771
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