Shaping our world
Subtitle: engineering education for the 21st century
By: Gretar Tryggvason, Diran Apelian
Contributors: Apelian, Diran
Publisher: Wiley; Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780470929742
Subjects: TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Material Science; Engineering; Study and teaching
Description: "Engineering education is currently on the verge of a major transformation. However, while the need has been much discussed and several proposals for change have been put forward, relatively little focus has been put on actual implementation of the proposed changes. This book examines a program that has a long history of experimentation in engineering education. Written by experts on the subject, it describes specific topics with each chapter focusing on a specific innovation that has been carried out and explaining the educational pedagogy the learning benefit, as well as the transferability of the approach"--