Conference Session

Partner Organization Plenary II

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Michael E. Auer, International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP)

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Partner Society Plenary

with a technical background should acquire the necessary professionalcompetences of an engineering educator. These general professional competences consist oftwo main groups:  Technical expertise  Specific engineering pedagogical competencies.Educational theory offers different lists of competences7. The IGIP concept of engineeringeducational competences is to be summarized as follows:  Pedagogical, psychological and ethical competences  Didactical skills and evaluative competences  Organisational (managerial) competencies  Oral and written communication skills and social competences  Reflective and developmental competencesOther categorizations might operate with the terms “technical expertise

Conference Session

Partner Organization Plenary III

Collection

2013 ASEE International Forum

Authors

Lyn Brodie, University of Southern Queensland; Frank Bullen, University of Southern Queensland

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Partner Society Plenary

graduates approximately 8000 students from three and fouryear engineering bachelor programs well below needs and as such the average age ofengineers in Australia is slowly rising and in 2010 was 42 years 19. Since 2008 there has beenincrease in both offers of places by universities to study engineering and an increase inacceptance of those places 19 reflecting the good job prospects and starting salary of graduatesdue to the economic climate in Australia. Engineering programs also have one of the highestfunding levels per student from the Commonwealth and student fees. For example in 2011universities received AUS$23,154 for an engineering student while a business studentgenerated $10,873 income in comparison. However, engineering and related