Educating Engineers : Designing for the Future of the Field

by Sheppard, Sheri D.; Macatangay, Kelly; Colby, Anne; Sullivan, William M.; Shulman, Lee S.

• ISBN13: 9780787977436
• ISBN10: 0787977438
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-12-10
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

There has been major national attention to engineering education in recent years. This book emerges from a study of engineering education by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, as part of its Preparation for the Professions series. The book will document a range of solutions to the dilemmas facing the field, including innovative approaches to teaching design, the use of co-op programs, and integration of basic sciences and research skills. Written for administrators and faculty in engineering schools and programs.

Author Biography

Sheri D. Sheppard is a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, directing the study of engineering education in the Preparation for the Professions Program. She is a professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University.

Kelly Macatangay is management analyst at the Clark County District Attorney's Office in Nevada, and research consultant for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Anne Colby joined the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a senior scholar in 1997. She is coauthor of Educating for Democracy.

William M. Sullivan is a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, working on the Preparation for the Professions Program. He is the coauthor of A New Agenda for Higher Education.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
About the Authors	p. xv
Introduction	p. xvii
Preparing the New-Century Engineer
The New-Century Engineer	p. 3
Technical Knowledge and Linear Components	p. 11
A Historical Curriculum in a New Era	p. 18
A Foundation to Build On
"Knowing That" and "Knowing How"	p. 31
Listening, Seeing, Doing	p. 39
Learning for Problem Solving	p. 46
A Place to Explore
Theory and Skills	p. 61
Lab in the Curriculum	p. 69
Learning in the Lab	p. 75
Lab Reports	p. 83
Making a Place to Explore Professional Practice	p. 88
A Way to Create
"Knowing To"	p. 99
Project-Centered Learning	p. 108
Assessing Design	p. 119
Making a Place to Create	p. 127
Affecting the World
A Foundation for Professional Practice	p. 137
Findings from the Study: An Uneven Base	p. 145
Preparing for New-Century Professional Practice	p. 156
Bringing Professional Practice Forward
A Design for Action	p. 173
Usable Knowledge	p. 179
Toward a New Model for Engineering Education	p. 191
Getting from Here to There	p. 207
About the Study	p. 213
References	p. 217
Index	p. 229
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