outlinedobjectives, while retaining the strength of the old paradigm, and at the same time alleviatingearlier weaknesses. The optimum blend of programs’ emphases is to create a total educationalexperience conducive for the development of the desired characteristics of graduates.Ultimately, a structure, philosophy, and subject matter specificity, compatible with the newculture, and providing the experiences identified with the above characteristics, would emerge.More specifically, the salient features of the new paradigm, reflecting author’s views(1,2,3,4) andconsonant with recent views of other advocates(10, 11, 12, 13) of engineering reform, plus the “crux”of relevant reports on future of engineering education,(14, 15, 16, 17, 18) would entail many or all
, socio-emotional, and behaviorallearning objectives that together equip students with not only the knowledge about the SDGs, butalso the engagement as global citizens. Students, as global citizens, will ultimately be taskedwith effecting the necessary socio-emotional and behavioral transformations for sustainabledevelopment and change to society. Sustainability competencies need to be acquired throughaction, experience, and reflection; they cannot be taught but are developed by the learnersthemselves [15].Engineering education for sustainable development and global citizenship: Early endeavors inHong KongHong Kong is a major city and financial center the Asia Pacific. In the past century, it hasundergone a rapid transformation from a small
ability [16]. As people gain experiencein intercultural situations, and reflect on those experiences, they develop a more complexunderstanding of culture. This leads to greater ability to discern cultural differences andultimately, to appropriately modify their own behavior in nonnative cultural circumstances [16]and therefore work more effectively in the global job market. Bennett (1986, 1993b) suggested aframework for conceptualizing dimensions of intercultural competence in his developmentalmodel of intercultural sensitivity (DMIS). The DMIS constitutes a progression of worldview 5‘‘orientations toward cultural difference’’ that comprise the
research locations more intentionally or offersupplemental programming for students to ensure they achieve all of the program’s intendedlearning outcomes.Literature ReviewGlobal education research has explored how learning outcomes may vary across different typesof global programs. In particular, research has found correlations between global learningoutcomes and variables such as duration of the program, language of the program, housingarrangements, and level of reflection incorporated into the program [6]. Global engineeringprograms take many formats, including courses, study abroad, internships, degree programs, andresearch projects [7]. However, few studies within engineering education have explicitlyconsidered how these different types of
community. ACDI/VOCA works with the partnercommunity (Palos Blancos, Bolivia) on development projects and will serve as theintermediary between American and Bolivian university students and the communityprior to the team’s arrival in Bolivia. The Mosetenes Indians are the most importantpopulation in the area, besides the Aymara and Quechua colonizers. The exact nature ofthe project will be defined by the team and community members. Table 1 illustrates howdevelopment projects motivated previous research projects (designed and executed bystudents in other programs at our university) and reflects some of the types of researchprojects that could emerge in this program. Using the community interests communicatedby the NGO, the student teams will begin
semesters. The dates shown reflect the 2005-2006 academic year. Fall Semester (August 22 – December 15) ME 3404 Fluid Mechanics 3 credits (6 CP) ME 4504 Dynamic Systems – Controls Engineering I 3 credits (6 CP) ME 4015 Engineering Design and Project I 3 credits (6 CP) ME 4204 Internal Combustion Engines Tech elective 1 3 credits (6 CP) ME 4554 Advanced Technology Motor Vehicles Tech elective 2 3 credits (6 CP) TOTAL 15
each year to meet global collaborators, competitors, and leaders through an intensely immersive learning experience that goes beyond classroom studies. Other programs reflecting Wei’s international reach include the college’s Poverty Alleviation/Service-Learning program and Engineers Without Borders. This global perspective is rooted in a vision of SJSU as a preeminent producer of forward-thinking problem-solvers. With this goal in mind, Wei has established the Silicon Valley Engineering Scholarship, a program that provides $5,000 of annual support for high-achieving students to pursue engineering careers. Wei is also a Principal Contributor to CSU (California State University) Engineering Academies, a statewide
reflection, to describe the benefits of learning while abroad. Education is Page 25.720.2the first step. Accordingly, students must become educated about what is relevant in the countryof the research site. Next, through action, they must apply this knowledge to their experiences ASEE: International Exchange Programs in Engineering abroad. Lastly, reflection occurs as students write about and discuss the information they learnedand action they engaged in during the abroad experience. Braskamp, Braskamp, and Merrill(2009) 5 found that after participation in one education abroad program, students had significantgains in their relationships
educationalexperience conducive for the development of the desired characteristics of graduates.Ultimately, a structure, philosophy, and subject matter specificity, compatible with the newculture, and providing the experiences identified with the above characteristics, would emerge.More specifically, the salient features of the new paradigm, reflecting author’s views(1,2,3,4,5,6) andconsonant with recent views of other advocates(11, 12, 13, 14) of engineering reform, plus the “crux”of relevant reports on future of engineering education,(15, 16, 17, 18, 19) would entail many or all ofthe following: ≠ Recruitment of qualified academics, with experience in developing education tools, curricula, and delivery systems. Their primary role is to
Botswana towards sustainable economicgrowth, global competitiveness, and improved quality of life (Atkinson & Mayo, 2010). On October 1st, 2016 Botswana formed the Ministry of Tertiary Education, Research,Science and Technology with the explicitly stated goal of transforming Botswana from aresource-based to a knowledge-based economy. The impetus for such an initiative was set forthin Botswana’s Vision 2036. Set forth in 2016, this new “vision” for Botswana was predicated onthe mapping of a transformative agenda that reflected the aspirations and goals of the nation. Forthis vision to come to fruition it was imperative that Botswana create a strategic plan to help withredefining their resource-based economy to that of a knowledge-based
leadersin the tech industry such as Samsung, LG, and Hyundai and engage in cultural experiences.IRiKA includes a series of professional development sessions on research mentorship andscience communication for both US participants and Korean partners.In this Work-in-Progress paper, the three US-based lead investigators report and reflect on thefirst year of the IRiKA program, which ran from June 2019 to August 2019. The investigatorsare currently analyzing data collected from the Summer 2019 cohort. In response to thepreliminary findings, adjustments have been made for the Summer 2020 program. Summer 2020applicant data collection has been completed. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Summer 2020program was cancelled.IRiKA ProgramThe objectives of this
for a Sustainable World (ESW). These efforts are well meaning, are oftenbeneficial, and reflect the reality of the interconnected global community. However,inherent disparities between the visiting students and host community, includingdifferences in wealth, education, and cultural priorities, illuminate a debate regarding theappropriateness of such projects.Riley, for example, questions whether the allocation of significant resources for studenttravel to project sites in developing communities is justified; whether the benefits aremutual between the visiting students and the local community; and whether a loosecollection of even hundreds of small-scale volunteer engineering projects can effectnecessary development in poor nations1,2. Riley
the ability to interactivelymodify and correct their work. This feature was not used in our graduate course deliveries. Allactivities are recorded by Centra and available for student downloading and viewing. Page 14.427.5The instructor can view a list of all attendees on the Centra screen at all times during the event.Attendance time is logged and stored for later viewing via the Centra reporting mechanism.Delivery ExperiencesSpring 2006A graduate course, special topics in control systems focusing on chaos, was delivered to a groupof six students residing overseas at Ferdowsi University. The course structure format wasdesigned to reflect the
for the department of EE at KPU. A fact-finding mission was carried by certain UoB faculties who have visited KPU toevaluate their main needs. In order to improve the quality of education offered by theKPU, the following issues have been identified as major priorities: ≠ To update the curriculum, which has not been updated for decades ≠ To train the academics in modern electrical engineering subjects ≠ To develop a more relevant and reflective pedagogy into the institution ≠ To integrate experimental and practical work within the curriculum ≠ To identify suitable equipment and components for the laboratories supporting the new curriculum ≠ To recommend computing facilities and other learning resources such as
for a particular field. Today there is more of an emphasis on thewhole person, exemplified by concerns that students exiting institutes such as ours should beable to call upon a range of competencies of a more behavioral nature.Recognizing that the most immediate and dominant product of the Petroleum Institute will bebaccalaureate graduates, the institutional educational goals for baccalaureate degrees identifyattributes that reflect this whole-person development of the graduating student. This is stated inour graduate profile which includes the following description: • The graduating student will appreciate the critical role played by verbal, written and graphical communications in engineering practice and project management, and
global labor market. Furthermore, the most talented employees arethe ones with the greatest opportunity to be mobile. In this context, academic mobilityrequires a wide variety of personal qualities: talent to interact efficiently with other people;analytical thinking; communicative skills that include cross-cultural communication; thecapacity for self-awareness and self-reflection; a willingness to act in the cross-culturalenvironment; as well as respect and tolerance. An academically mobile student is ready for life changes. This quality is revealed inspecific socio-psychological attitudes [4]. Among other factors that allow for academicmobility, it is necessary to note a students’ capacity for independent design of theireducational
, research methodologies and teaching and learning in technical education. Page 12.627.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2007 ENGINEERING: THE UK CHALLENGEAbstractThis paper reviews experiences of the development of teamwork and leadership skills,personal reflection, planning and other transferable skills within engineering bachelorsdegrees within the UK over the last 15 years, illustrated by examples from one particularUniversity. It provides a picture of the current state of UK engineering education, and reflectsupon strengths and weaknesses. Comparisons are drawn with both European and NorthAmerican provision
work progress. Students are tomaintain their work progress records (e.g., courses, grades, etc., see Table 1). Similarassessment tables are also to be developed to reflect the student’s research work progress.From these tables, applicants are able to analyze their work, adjust and make improve-ments on a regular basis, and report to their advisors. Reports can regularly be collectedby a student advisor and submitted to the IHE’s Fellowship Project Directors. Thedirectors evaluate the reports, make necessary comments and return to the student’sadvisors.Time-line ChartA table can be prepared showing student name, admission date, semester attended (e.g.,Fall, Spring, Summer). Such a table can be compared with another table (work progress)showing
semester basis. This type of data collection procedure is veryeffective in retaining and evaluating a student’s overall academic standings. Studentsand advisors must be responsible for developing assessment data that is updated regularlyand kept by all parties involved in the assessment program.Applicants’ Accessibility to Their Data RecordEach UG and G student has full access to his or her work progress. Students are tomaintain their work progress records (e.g., courses, grades, etc., see Table 1). Similarassessment tables are also to be developed to reflect the student’s research work progress.From these tables, applicants are able to analyze their work, adjust and make improve
large part on who is asking. Different people atthe university may well have different reasons to pursue (or not) international collaboration.Hunter2 reported on American efforts and Knight & deWitt3 shared international perspectives onboth such reasons and the condition of internationalization. Page 11.438.2Perspectives matter • Institutional (President) The position promulgated by institution Presidents and senior leadership is usually readily discernable in documents such as a Strategic Plan. Additionally, these positions are often reflected in the comments made by such leaders when addressing senate meetings, convocations and other gatherings of faculty and students. Note that, in the
in developing countries often seek some form of US accreditation as a way tohave their own quality recognized. In many cases, these institutions, which are frequentlypioneers in quality assurance in their region, need to be assisted in a developmental modeuntil they are prepared to pass the scrutiny of US accreditation standards.Many well established US specialized/professional accreditation agencies have in recentyears been offering international accreditation evaluations, and status, as appropriate:engineering, business, and teacher education. In each case, the move to offering fullaccreditation abroad has reflected an evolutionary process on the part of the accreditingagency often starting with Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), then some
list. On the one hand, theNAE list is a very specific set of challenges that seem to reflect the expertise of thecommittee members whereas on the other hand, the students’ list consists of a broad viewof people with less specialized knowledge. The authors’ contention is that both lists arenecessary! Exclusively using the NAE list can result in missing important challengesbecause of its specificity. Using the students’ list exclusively can result in missingimportant details such as what is feasible and realistic due to lack of technologyunderlying the challenge’s definitions. The authors chose to blend the two lists into whatwas hoped was a coherent whole for the students that allowed engagement in some
as a holiday has been in existencefor approximately 1700 years, though the structure of the festival has changedsignificantly even in the last 100 years.Because of this ‘culture-centered’ viewpoint, little thought has been given to thedominant social relational modes that have typically made up the structure of humansinside a culture. When one reflects back on most of civilization, the dominant supportstructure for cultures has been hierarchies. Hierarchies can be dichotomized into twotypes: authoritarian hierarchies, run by an individual or group of individuals, withexamples running the historical gamut from Egyptian pharaohs to Nazi Germany; andlegalistic/absolutistic hierarchies, such as the United States. The degree ofhierarchicalization
= "Strongly Agree." Significance levels are * = p < .05, ** = p < .01, *** = p < .001.Discussion and ConclusionThe results from our study provide different considerations from practice. From the pre-courseand post-course paired T-test, there was a significant increase in the GPI scores in theKnowledge, Social Interactions and Identity dimensions. This might mean that the GlobalEngineering course had an influence on students’ awareness of cultures on our global society andone’s own identity and engagement with a diverse group of people. The Knowledge dimensiononce again showed the largest growth, which may reflect the alignment of the learning objectivesof the Global Engineering Course with the knowledge dimension of the GPI scale. Although
programsIntroductionUniversities across North America have adopted global education as part of their educationalmandate [1]. This mandate corresponds to the emerging trend for a globalized workforce. In theUnited States (U.S.) specifically, study abroad has become more popular due to the emphasisplaced on global citizenry by institutions and employers [2]. This demand has more than doubledstudents’ participation in study abroad programs over the past decades [3]. Educational theoristKolb [4] posits that people learn effectively by immersing themselves in environments thatenable them to observe and reflect on their behaviors. Students who participate in internationalprograms acquire knowledge, skills, and beliefs useful in working with people in cross-culturalsettings [5
comprehensive standard3.5.1 states: “The institution identifies college-level general education competencies and theextent to which graduates have attained them”. Therefore UDLAP had to clearly define itscollege-level general education competencies, and develop an assessment plan to learn about theextent to which graduates have attained UDLAP’s college-level general education competenciesas well as to enhance student learning and development of these competencies.UDLAP’s general education reflects our mission, vision and undergraduate profile35. UDLAPattempts to cultivate the knowledge, skills, values, and habits of mind that will allow ourgraduates to lead personally enriching and socially responsible lives as successful twenty-firstcentury citizens
apartment for the twelve-week research experience. From an evaluative standpoint, students were given a survey both pre and post travel,which included questions on their perception of their global aptitude (or awareness) and howwell prepared the students felt from a cultural and technical standpoint (post survey only) (Table1). A Likert scale was used as follows: “Strongly disagree” (1), “Somewhat disagree” (2),“Neither agree nor disagree” (3), “Somewhat agree” (4), “Strongly agree” (5). Students alsocompleted journal entries approximately twice a week reflecting on their cultural experiences,technical and research progress, and any other topics they found important. These journals actedas a method to reflect on all experiences while abroad
the United Kingdom. In Italian universities, they highlighted the use of“engineering tools”. However, we must remember that these results are based on self-reportedperceptions of improvements, a very common method, but not a highly reliable method.This previous analysis, however, makes us think about the need to face the challenge ofanalyzing different teaching and learning methodologies at the different cultural context toimprove international strategies. We should consider our students’ competencies usinginternational experience as a powerful tool. Results from the TA VIE project will hopefully shedmore light on this issue.Considering these reflections and analysis, we can only confirm that a new mindset is needed:from numbers to
develop nonchalant attitude to chemistry and othercourses. Literature in science education in the developed nations of Australia and USA identifiedteacher’s quality as the most important factor inhibiting science learning in schools that need tobe addressed [21]. In a similar study carried out in Australia, large class sizes, limited resources,inadequate time for preparation, reflection and teachers not collaborating with colleagues wereidentified as limiting factors in achieving quality of teaching science in secondary schools. Thusteachers’ knowledge of subject matter, initial preparedness of teacher, available resources inschools, for example, could impede student’s learning effectiveness and teacher’s teachingeffectiveness [22]. Therefore
, Virginia Tech Lisa D. McNair is a Professor of Engineering Education at Virginia Tech, where she also serves as Director of the Center for Research in SEAD Education at the Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology (ICAT). Her research interests include interdisciplinary collaboration, design education, communication studies, identity theory and reflective practice. Projects supported by the National Science Foundation include exploring disciplines as cultures, liberatory maker spaces, and a RED grant to increase pathways in ECE for the professional formation of engineers.Dr. Kenneth Reid, Virginia Tech Kenneth Reid is the Assistant Department Head for Undergraduate Programs in Engineering Education at Virginia