An Innovative Project and Design Oriented Electrical Engineering Curriculum at the University of North Texas

Autor/inn/en	Garcia, Oscar N.; Varanasi, Murali R.; Acevedo, Miguel F.; Guturu, Parthasarathy
Titel	An Innovative Project and Design Oriented Electrical Engineering Curriculum at the University of North Texas
Quelle	In: Advances in Engineering Education, 2 (2011) 4, (34 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1941-1766
Schlagwörter	Engineering Education; Electrical Occupations; Departments; Universities; Educational Innovation; Design; Curriculum Development; Global Approach; Entrepreneurship; Program Descriptions; Ethics; Creativity; Lifelong Learning; Program Effectiveness; Student Educational Objectives; Cognitive Mapping; Cognitive Style; Active Learning; Hands on Science; Problem Solving; Awards; Technology Uses in Education; Partnerships in Education; Pretests Posttests; Transfer of Training; Sustainability; Student Projects; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ingenieurausbildung; Electrical occupation; Elektroberuf; Department; Abteilung; University; Universität; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Globales Denken; Unternehmungsgeist; Ethik; Kreativität; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Aktives Lernen; Problemlösen; Award; Auszeichnung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Hochschulpartnerschaft; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Nachhaltigkeit; Schulprojekt
Abstract	We analyze and study the beginning of a new Electrical Engineering Department, supported by an NSF Departmental Level Reform award, within a new College of Engineering in the 21st Century and also describe the academic approach and influences of an innovative cognitive-based approach to curriculum development. In addition, the approach taken utilized open-ended projects distributed over the four years as pedagogical and motivational tools. Furthermore, the curriculum encourages a global-minded entrepreneurship approach as well as reports and presentations associated with learning activities. The Electrical Engineering program begins by emphasizing the importance of recognizing how one learns and what one's preferred styles are, as well as the convergence and reinforcement of the classical domains of learning in active learning. In teaching this program we draw from affective, psychomotor, and cognitive self awareness to emphasize ethics, professionalism and engineering practices, creativity, acceptance of globalization, and consideration of social and environmental issues as part of a life-long learning career. Students graduating from this program are all well-received by industry and graduate programs. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01