Challenges, Difficulties and Barriers for Engineering Higher Education

Autor/in	Valero, Miguel
Titel	Challenges, Difficulties and Barriers for Engineering Higher Education
Quelle	In: Journal of Technology and Science Education, 12 (2022) 3, S.551-566 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Valero, Miguel)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2014-5349
Schlagwörter	Barriers; Higher Education; Engineering Education; Employment Potential; Educational Change; Competency Based Education; Active Learning; Teaching Methods; Learning Processes; Cooperative Learning; Student Projects; Course Descriptions; Educational Philosophy; Time Management; Teacher Evaluation; College Faculty; Educational Facilities; Teacher Attitudes; Stress Variables; Technological Literacy; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Conflict Resolution; Departments; Foreign Countries; Europe + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ingenieurausbildung; Arbeitsmarktbezogene Qualifikation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; Bildungsreform; Education; Competence; Competency; Competency-based education; Unterricht; Kompetenzorientierte Methode; Aktives Lernen; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Learning process; Lernprozess; Kooperatives Lernen; Schulprojekt; Kursstrukturplan; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Zeitmanagement; Teacher appraisal; Lehrerbeurteilung; Fakultät; Bildungsstätte; Lehrerverhalten; Technisches Wissen; Pädagogische Kompetenz; Conflict solving; Konfliktlösung; Konfliktregelung; Department; Abteilung; Ausland; Europa
Abstract	Higher education in general, and engineering higher education in particular, is constantly under pressure to introduce reforms that improve the employability of graduates. Among the most common claims is the development of a more active and competency-based teaching oriented to the development of professional and personal skills. The university institution responds to these claims, sometimes in a timid way, but others by embarking on great transformation projects. A good example of this is the project to build the European Higher Education Area. However, the challenge of developing a more active and competency-based teaching faces numerous difficulties and barriers because many of the necessary changes are in sharp contrast with a status quo that has been consolidated over centuries. Difficulties and barriers include a lack of deep understanding (and even lack of acceptance) of some of the implications of the challenges we are facing, the learning of new techniques and tools that are not easy to use or unsuitable organizational structures. In this paper, we explore the nature of some of the challenges and review the difficulties and barriers most often mentioned by those who dare to try. Anyone who wants to address the challenges or has a responsibility to facilitate changes should be aware of all these difficulties and barriers. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01