Rethinking Engineering Education (eBook)

The CDIO Approach

Doris Brodeur, Edward Crawley, Johan Malmqvist, Soren Ostlund (Autoren)

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2007 | 2007
XIV, 286 Seiten
Springer US (Verlag)
978-0-387-38290-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book describes an approach to engineering education that integrates a comprehensive set of personal and interpersonal skills, and process, product, and system building skills with disciplinary knowledge. The education of engineers is set in the context of engineering practice, that is, Conceiving, Designing, Implementing, and Operating (CDIO) through the entire lifecycle of engineering processes, products, and processes. The book is both a description of the development and implementation of the CDIO model, and a guide to engineering programmers worldwide who seek to improve their programs.

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In the past ten years, leaders in engineering industries have identified specific knowledge, skills, and attitudes required of their workforce if they want to be innovative and competitive in a global marketplace. Engineering education programs have kept pace with emerging disciplinary knowledge, research and technologies, but have been less successful in ensuring that their graduates acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes desired by industry. Evaluation by accreditation agencies and professional associations in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, South Africa, and other countries are moving toward an outcomes-based approach. These groups have specified outcomes for graduating engineers among their evaluative criteria. Their lists of skills overlap with those generated by engineering industries. Our book describes an approach to engineering education that integrates a comprehensive set of personal and interpersonal skills, and process, product, and system building skills with disciplinary knowledge. The education of engineers is set in the context of engineering practice, that is, Conceiving, Designing, Implementing, and Operating (CDIO) through the entire lifecycle of engineering processes, products, and processes. The CDIO model and the topics in the book will be of increasing interest in the next five to ten years. At the start of the CDIO Initiative, four leading engineering programs in the United States and Sweden adopted the CDIO model and collaborated in its development and implementation. In less than six years, the collaboration has grown to include more than twenty programs in nine different countries. This book will be both a description of the development and implementation of the CDIO model, and a guide to engineering programs worldwide who seek to improve their programs.

Inhalt

Table of Contents 5
Educating Engineers for 2020 and Beyond 13
INTRODUCTION 15
RATIONALE 15
BACKGROUND 15
THE CDIO INITIATIVE 16
THE SYLLABUS AND THE STANDARDS 17
IMPLEMENTATION AND EVOLUTION 18
THE BOOK 18
OVERVIEW 20
INTRODUCTION 20
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 21
MOTIVATION FOR CHANGE 21
THE CDIO INITIATIVE 34
REALIZING THE VISION 46
SUMMARY 56
THE CDIO SYLLABUS: LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION 59
INTRODUCTION 59
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 60
THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS OF ENGINEERING 60
THE CDIO SYLLABUS 63
LEARNING OUTCOMES AND STUDENT PROFICIENCY LEVELS 77
SUMMARY 88
INTEGRATED CURRICULUM DESIGN 91
INTRODUCTION 91
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 93
THE RATIONALE FOR AN INTEGRATED CURRICULUM 93
FOUNDATIONS FOR CURRICULUM DESIGN 96
INTEGRATED CURRICULUM DESIGN 101
INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING 111
SUMMARY 114
DESIGN-IMPLEMENT EXPERIENCES AND ENGINEERING WORKSPACES 116
INTRODUCTION 116
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 117
DESIGN-IMPLEMENT EXPERIENCES 117
ENGINEERING WORKSPACES 131
SUMMARY 141
TEACHING AND LEARNING 144
INTRODUCTION 144
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 145
STUDENT PERSPECTIVES ON TEACHING AND LEARNING 145
INTEGRATED LEARNING 148
METHODS AND RESOURCES THAT PROMOTE INTEGRATED LEARNING 150
ACTIVE AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING 154
BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES 163
SUMMARY 164
STUDENT LEARNING ASSESSMENT 166
INTRODUCTION 166
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 167
THE LEARNING ASSESSMENT PROCESS 168
ALIGNING ASSESSMENT METHODS WITH LEARNING OUTCOMES 170
METHODS FOR ASSESSING STUDENT LEARNING 171
USING RESULTS TO IMPROVE TEACHING AND LEARNING 176
KEY BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES 178
SUMMARY 178
ADAPTING AND IMPLEMENTING A CDIO APPROACH 180
INTRODUCTION 180
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 181
DEVELOPMENT OF A CDIO PROGRAM AS AN EXAMPLE OF CULTURAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE 181
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT AND SUPPORT 192
RESOURCES TO SUPPORT PROGRAM CHANGE 201
SUMMARY 207
PROGRAM EVALUATION 209
INTRODUCTION 209
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 210
STANDARDS-BASED PROGRAM EVALUATION 211
THE CDIO STANDARDS AND ASSOCIATED KEY QUESTIONS 212
METHODS TO EVALUATE PROGRAMS 217
EVALUATING A PROGRAM AGAINST THE CDIO STANDARDS 219
CONTINUOUS PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT PROCESS 223
OVERALL IMPACT OF CDIO PROGRAMS 224
SUMMARY 228
HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION 230
INTRODUCTION 230
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 232
THE GENESIS OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION 233
ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT 236
SCIENCE AS THE BASIS FOR ENGINEERING 238
THE DECREASE IN PRACTICAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE 241
DISCIPLINARY CONGESTION AND BLURRING BOUNDARIES 244
CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES 247
SUMMARY 250
INTRODUCTION 255
OUTLOOK 255
CHAPTER OBJECTIVES 256
DRIVERS FOR CHANGE IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION 256
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CDIO APPROACH 262
SUMMARY 268
THE CDIO SYLLABUS 271
THE CDIO STANDARDS 283
BACKGROUND 283
THE CDIO STANDARDS 283
INDEX 293

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 24.8.2007
• Zusatzinfo: XIV, 286 p.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Nachrichtentechnik
• Schlagworte: Brodeur • CDIO Model • Complexity • Curriculum • Development • Education • Engineering Accreditation • Engineering Education • Engineering Learning Assessment • Evaluation • higher education • learning • Malmqvist • Model • Ostlund • Profession • Teaching
• ISBN-10: 0-387-38290-9 / 0387382909
• ISBN-13: 978-0-387-38290-6 / 9780387382906