Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Simon Pitts, Northeastern University; Steve McGonagle, Northeastern University; Steven W Klosterman, Northeastern University

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

lecture and in-class activities contributions to learning were ranked 4.8 and 4.9 respectively, indicating almostunanimous student approval of the program.Student FeedbackCandidates provided a substantial amount of written feedback on the program in courseevaluations. Selected quotes include:“GEL is very different from the various leadership programs that I have been exposed to in mycareer. First of all, it is not a generic leadership program that has been tailored for an Page 23.399.13application but instead is a program that was designed with the engineering leader in mind. Ibelieve that its unique blend of technical content and real world

Conference Session

Engineering Leadership Development Division Technical Session

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Chris Carlson-Dakes, University of Wisconsin, Madison; Gregory W Harrington, Dept of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Univ of Wisconsin - Madison

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Engineering Leadership Development Division

bemore fully understood and then creatively reconceived” (Damrosch 1995). With this in Page 23.847.8mind, we now turn to the question, how can we creatively reconceive our approaches toteaching?    “What” Are We Teaching, and “How” Are We Teaching It?One approach to the question of “how” that resonates with engineers is the concept ofbackwards design (Wiggins and McTighe, 2006) a design approach adapted for curricularreform. Backwards design starts with the end goals in mind and works “backwards” towardthe