Wu, J., & Zou, X., & Kong, H. (2012, June), Cultivating T-shaped Engineers for 21st Century: Experiences in China  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas. 10.18260/1-2--21130

\bibitem{asee_peer_21130}
  Wu, J., \& Zou, X., \& Kong, H. (2012, June), \emph{Cultivating T-shaped Engineers for 21st Century: Experiences in China}
  Paper presented at 2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas.
  10.18260/1-2--21130

Jingshan Wu, Xiaodong Zou, and Hanbing Kong.  "Cultivating T-shaped Engineers for 21st Century: Experiences in China".  2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2012.  https://peer.asee.org/21130 Internet.  15 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_21130}
  Jingshan Wu, Xiaodong Zou, and Hanbing Kong.
  "Cultivating T-shaped Engineers for 21st Century: Experiences in China".
  \emph{2012 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, San Antonio, Texas, 2012, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2012.
  https://peer.asee.org/21130 Internet.  15 Jan, 2025

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AB  -  Under the background of "Excellent Engineers Training Project”: A study on         “T-shaped” talent cultivation with Chinese characteristics 【Abstract】  Although China has the largest scale of higher engineering education in the world, itseducational pattern is still dominated by old-fashioned professional education, leading tounqualified engineers. In recent years, China has launched the "Excellent Engineers TrainingProject”, aiming to cultivate and bring up a large number of engineering talents who areinnovated, market-oriented and adapt to the need of economic and social development.However, problems such as, what is excellent engineers, how to design the reasonableknowledge structure, trigger heated discussion.This paper introduces the concept of “T-shaped Professionals”, which is closely concerned inEurope and the United States. The author holds the idea that the “T-shaped Professionals”corresponding with the educational model of "wide-special-cross”, which is short for wideningthe area of basic knowledge, concentrating on special professional field and linking both withcross-disciplines, would be crucial to highly qualified engineering education.Specifically, the characters of “T-shaped Professionals” cannot always be static and constant;instead, it should vary with a country or region's education situation, cultural environment andeconomic conditions and make corresponding adjustment. This paper first explores a model of“T-shaped” talent cultivation with Chinese characteristics, and then seeks a balance between"wide" and "special" and the linking point of cross-disciplines, aiming to provide some newideas to the exploration of international engineering education reform.【Personal Information】    Name: Ms. Wu, Jingshan     Education Background: PHD Candidate (March 2011 till now)   University:  Research  Center  for  Science,  Technology,  and  Education  Policy  (RCSTEP),    Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China     Major: Educational Economy and Management       Research Project:  ⑴Engineering Education;  ⑵Science and Technology Policy 
AU  - Jingshan Wu
AU  - Xiaodong Zou
AU  - Hanbing Kong
CY  - San Antonio, Texas
DA  - 2012/06/10
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Cultivating T-shaped Engineers for 21st Century: Experiences in China
UR  - https://peer.asee.org/21130
DO  - 10.18260/1-2--21130
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