Engineering Education. Designing an Adaptive System.

Institution	National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems.
Titel	Engineering Education. Designing an Adaptive System.
Quelle	(1995), (97 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
ISBN	0-309-05278-5
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; College Faculty; College Instruction; Curriculum Design; Curriculum Development; Educational Change; Engineering Education; Futures (of Society); Higher Education; Incentives; Instructional Improvement; Program Implementation; School Community Relationship; Self Evaluation (Groups); Strategic Planning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Hochschullehre; Lehrplangestaltung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Bildungsreform; Ingenieurausbildung; Future; Society; Zukunft; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Anreiz; Unterrichtsqualität; Self evaluation; Group; Groups; Selbstevaluation; Gruppe (Soz); Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung
Abstract	This report advances the general plan for change in postsecondary engineering education of the National Academy of Sciences' Board on Engineering Education and reports on four regional symposia responding to a 1993 working paper. Chapter 1 contains the Board's message about what it proposes with the plan and the general basis for its proposals. The Board recommends that all institutions conduct institutional self-assessment, redress imbalances in the faculty incentive system, improve teaching methods and practices, ensure that the curriculum supports the institution's strategic plan, and expand beneficial interactions and outreach. A table in this section presents the key ideas contained in the report. Chapter 2 describes the Board's vision of the 21st century. Chapter 3 examines in detail engineering education as it is currently practiced and looks at areas that need improvement. Chapter 4 addresses how to make change happen. Chapter 5 is a call to action for higher education institutions as well as industry, government, professional societies, and accrediting authorities. Appendixes contain the Board's task statement, list of regional symposia and participants, contributors to the study, and an outline of the purpose and principles of a new curriculum and the means to achieve it. (Contains 47 references.) (JB)
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC