Conference Session

They need more than technical skills!

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Pradeep Kashinath Waychal, Guruji Education Foundation; Anil Dattatraya Sahasrabudhe P.E., All India Council for Technical Education

Tagged Divisions

International

general education as courses in non-engineering areasthat are required to develop complete professionals. The courses are taught like any other courses and not targetedto develop lifelong learning skills. We attempted a different approach and defined liberal learning as “self-learningin self-chosen (non-engineering) areas with self-defined scope”. Our program goals were to inculcate lifelonglearning beyond engineering and help students appreciate the interplay between engineering and other disciplines.We included the lifelong learning, due to the criticality of that competency for today’s engineering graduates. Ourprogram did not define syllabus, did not identify text or reference books, and did not conduct classroom lecturesand regular