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Invited Paper - Does the International Engineering Program Produce Graduates for the Rhode Island Workforce? Assessing Skill Sets and Company Needs

Conference Session
Track 1 - Session I - Student Development
Collection
2013 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Sigrid Berka, University of Rhode Island; Walter von Reinhart, University of Rhode Island; Erin Papa, University of Rhode Island
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Invited - Student Development
21.38.3Table 2: Overall satisfaction with the IEP program and its international componentsIn general, participants saw the value of their semester abroad predominantly in the opportunityto improve their language skills and as an enriching cultural and personal experience, and less asa preparation for their professional career.The study-abroad experienceAlmost all participants (97%) valued their semester abroad as a personal growth experience;95% as an opportunity to improve their language skills and to experience a foreign culture; and88% appreciated the opportunity to make new friends. Participants attributed less value to thestudy-abroad experience as a preparation for their professional career. Only 65% of participantswere absolutely or very
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Invited Paper - Faculty Professionalization in Industry Sponsored Projects in Austrian Vocational Education and Training Schools

Conference Session
Track 1 - Session I - Student Development
Collection
2013 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Eleonore Lickl, HBLVA for Chemical Industry
Tagged Topics
Invited - Student Development
project finding, project management, coaching studentsand co-operating with industry and trade has been led. Student could find their way from aschool or college environment to a workplace and career life in industry or trade. Theprofessional qualification of the faculty members had been proven by many thousand successfuldiploma projects, projects of student of Austrian VET colleges of 18 or 19 years of age.References1 WKO Österreich, Institut für Bildungsforschung der Wirtschaft, 2009.2 Science Teaching in Schools in Europe, Policies and Research, Eurydice, 20063 http://www.uis.unesco.org/Education/Documents/UNESCO_GC_36C-19_ISCED_EN.pdf (last visited 2013-02- 15)4 Ingenieurgesetz 2006, BGBl. I Nr. 120/2006 (Engineering Act 2006, Federal Law
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Invited Paper - Preparing the Global Engineer: How learning to teach in a Service-Learning Project Develops Effective Communication Skills in Engineering Students

Conference Session
Track 1 - Session I - Student Development
Collection
2013 ASEE International Forum
Authors
Robyne Bowering, Monash University
Tagged Topics
Invited - Student Development
only serveas a foundation for career development, but can also be applied to transform local andinternational communities’.[19]At the start of the semester, the STP students participate in a series of workshops on:understanding how we construct and retain knowledge, different learning styles, effectivecommunication and presentation skills, motivation, goal setting, lesson planning, leadershipand reflection. They are then placed into a suitably matched school to plan, organise andteach a STEM-based unit of work. The STP students specifically design their unit of work(project) around the brief given to them by their supervising teacher and the interests andcapabilities of the children that they work with. The projects are typically 12+ hours
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