Preparing Engineers for the 21st Century: How to Teach Engineering Students Process Skills

N. Mourtos
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Process skills (problem-solving, lifelong learning, critical thinking, communication and collaboration, self-assessment, change management, etc.) have always been important in any education and work setting. However, new challenges presented by a new, globalized economy, have put a new focus on these skills in the engineering workplace. Process skills present a great challenge for educators and practicing engineers alike because they are hard to define explicitly, hard to teach, and even harder to develop as a student. They depend on attitudes and values as much as they depend on content knowledge. For educators the challenge is three-fold: how to clearly define these skills, how to assess them, and how to effectively teach them to their students. The paper discusses a course design process that facilitates the development of these skills to help prepare engineering and technology students for the challenges of the 21st century workplace. Preparing Engineers for the 21st Century: How to Teach Engineering Students Process Skills
为21世纪的工程师做准备:如何教授工科学生过程技能
过程技能(解决问题、终身学习、批判性思维、沟通与协作、自我评估、变革管理等)在任何教育和工作环境中都很重要。然而,新的全球化经济带来的新挑战,使这些技能在工程工作场所得到了新的关注。过程技能对教育者和实践工程师来说都是一个巨大的挑战,因为它们很难明确地定义,很难教授,甚至更难培养学生。他们依赖于态度和价值观,就像他们依赖于内容知识一样。对于教育者来说,挑战有三个方面:如何清晰地定义这些技能,如何评估这些技能,以及如何有效地向学生传授这些技能。本文讨论了促进这些技能发展的课程设计过程,以帮助工程和技术学生为21世纪工作场所的挑战做好准备。为21世纪的工程师做准备:如何教授工科学生过程技能
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