Changing Engineering Curriculum in the Globalizing World

Autor/in	Chung, Chak
Titel	Changing Engineering Curriculum in the Globalizing World
Quelle	In: New Horizons in Education, 59 (2011) 3, S.59-70 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1683-1381
Schlagwörter	Engineering Education; Outcome Based Education; Exchange Programs; Learning Strategies; Global Approach; College Graduates; Course Content; Foreign Countries; Outcomes of Education; Student Mobility; Social Responsibility; College Curriculum; Curriculum Development; Educational Trends; Trend Analysis; European Union; Japan; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ingenieurausbildung; Lernerfolgsmessung; Exchange programme; Exchange program; Exchange programmes; Austauschprogramm; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Globales Denken; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Kursprogramm; Ausland; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Soziale Verantwortung; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Bildungsentwicklung; Trendanalyse; USA
Abstract	Background: Under the impact of globalization and the coming of the Information Age, there is a paradigm shift occurring in the engineering curriculum and academic structure. Apart from the creation of new programs for the emerging fields in engineering, the approach and orientation have also been shifted from objective-based/input-based education to outcome-based education. The criteria for the new generation of quality engineering graduates have been much broadened. Engineering program structures are being revised to facilitate student mobility, and set to meet global recruitment needs. Focus of discussion: This paper is divided into two parts: The first concerned with the general engineering education development and the second describes the developments in the European Union, the United States, and Japan. Suggestions: To meet the new learning outcomes, approaches to learning, teaching, and assessments are revised and realigned. Not only have the graduates to update their professional knowledge, they should also have acquired various generic thinking and communication skills, the ethical sense of social responsibility, learning how to learn and life-long learning, knowledge of foreign language and other culture as well as authentic experience in doing research. Conclusion: As engineering education is being internationalized, the government can keep in step with the international community by joining regional and international cooperation initiatives in engineering education. Students should be encouraged to participate in international research exchange programs. Institutions of higher learning must design new program structures, identify desired learning outcomes, determine ways to align and attain their outcomes through revising course content, provide pedagogical training for faculties, adopt a variety of teaching and learning methods, and devise appropriate assessment criteria and methods. (Contains 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10