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Title Educating engineers : designing for the future of the field / Sheri D. Sheppard ... [and others] ; foreword by Lee S. Shulman
Edition First edition
Published San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2009]
©2009

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Description xxiv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series The preparation for professions series
Preparation for the professions series.
Contents Pt. 1. Preparing the New-Century Engineer -- Ch. 1. The New-Century Engineer -- Ch. 2. Technical Knowledge and Linear Components -- Ch. 3. A Historical Curriculum in a New Era -- Pt. 2. A Foundation to Build On -- Ch. 4. "Knowing That" and "Knowing How" -- Ch. 5. Listening, Seeing, Doing -- Ch. 6. Learning for Problem Solving -- Pt. 3. A Place to Explore -- Ch. 7. Theory and Skills -- Ch. 8. Lab in the Curriculum -- Ch. 9. Learning in the Lab -- Ch. 10. Lab Reports -- Ch. 11. Making a Place to Explore Professional Practice -- Pt. 4. A Way to Create -- Ch. 12. "Knowing To" -- Ch. 13. Project-Centered Learning -- Ch. 14. Assessing Design -- Ch. 15. Making a Place to Create -- Pt. 5. Affecting the World -- Ch. 16. A Foundation for Professional Practice -- Ch. 17. Findings from the Study: An Uneven Base -- Ch. 18. Preparing for New-Century Professional Practice -- Pt. 6. Bringing Professional Practice Forward -- Ch. 19. A Design for Action -- Ch. 20. Usable Knowledge
Ch. 21. Toward a New Model for Engineering Education -- Ch. 22. Getting from Here to There -- Appendix. About the Study
Notes "The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-227) and index
Subject Engineering -- Study and teaching.
Author Sheppard, S. (Sheri)
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
LC no. 2008039906
ISBN 9780787977436 alkaline paper
0787977438 alkaline paper