site visit about three-fourths of the waythrough the co-op semester with the student and their direct supervisor. The advisor gives aletter grade for each co-op semester, which is a 3 credit class. At a different university,students complete a self-evaluation of their co-op term, the employer completes anevaluation of the co-op term. A faculty member completes a one on one evaluation of theco-op term with the student utilizing reflective practice. Cates and Cedercreutz cite thefollowing guiding principles as the key foundational concepts of co-op: Company selection of co-op students as employees (not placement in positions by the university A sequential training environment in which students come to understand theory
student learning outcome. Senior exit surveys are conducted for the graduating seniors each summer. In the survey, Page 24.69.7 seniors are asked about the engineering ethics instruction as part of the curriculum.Ethics Outcomes Assessment Results and DiscussionThe following results related to engineering ethics education for the years 2012 and 2013 aresummarized and discussed: 1) co-op preparatory course outcomes, 2) co-op semester onlinemodules outcomes, 3) employer assessments of co-op students, and 4) senior exit survey results.The papers written in the co-op preparatory course reflecting on the ethics case studies weresummarized and
with workplace competencies is experientialeducation10. They stated that “experiential education can be broadly defined as aphilosophy and methodology in which educators purposefully engage with learners indirect experience and focused reflection in order to increase knowledge, develop skills,and clarify values” 10 (p. 2). Brumm et al. further narrowed down this definition, arguingthat “it is work experience in an engineering setting, outside of the academic classroom,and before graduation” 10 (p. 2) and suggested that “Engineering experiential education Page 24.505.5programs, such as cooperative education and internships, present the best place to
Program will bediscussed, and the results and findings will be compared with results from the 2012 Program.The views expressed in this document are those of the authors and do not reflect the official policy or position of the United States Air Force, Department of Defense, or the U.S. Government. Page 24.1279.4IntroductionTo meet the technology needs of our increasingly complex global society, engineers in the 21stcentury are now expected to exhibit key attributes to ensure their success and the success of theengineering profession, according to the National Academy of Sciences in their groundbreaking2004 report entitled The Engineer of 2020
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