Engineering education needs surgery

Proceedings Frontiers in Education Twenty-First Annual Conference. Engineering Education in a New World Order Pub Date : 1991-09-21 DOI:10.1109/FIE.1991.187538

F. Beaufait

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It is pointed out that, while enrollments in engineering have been declining over the past several years, the percentage of first year students not staying on for the second year has also been on the rise. This increase in attrition is of particular concern considering the fact those students electing to study engineering are among the best and brightest high school graduates. A model curriculum for the year 2000 is proposed. It is suggested that the undergraduate engineering curriculum should be revised to reduce the shock of the transition from high school to college, give more attention to developing basic study and critical thinking skills with the freshmen, introduce first year students to concepts of design and develop teamwork among the students, utilize computer technology to improve and expand mathematics education, introduce engineering concepts in the physics courses to make them more relevant, strengthen the general liberal arts education, and provide students with opportunities to study aspects of engineering and project management.<>

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工程教育需要外科手术

有人指出，虽然工程专业的入学人数在过去几年中一直在下降，但第一年不继续学习第二年的学生比例也在上升。考虑到选择学习工程学的学生都是最优秀、最聪明的高中毕业生，这种人员流失的增加尤其令人担忧。提出了2000年的示范课程。建议修改本科工程课程，以减少高中向大学过渡带来的冲击;重视培养大一学生的基础学习和批判性思维能力;向一年级学生介绍设计概念，培养学生之间的团队合作;利用计算机技术改进和扩展数学教育;在物理课程中引入工程概念，使其更具相关性;加强通识文科教育，为学生提供学习工程和项目管理方面的机会。

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