Engineering education: Time to reform the fragmented, content-overloaded curricula context?

Despo Ktoridou, Nikleia Eteokleous

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    Abstract

    Technological, economic and social challenges are continuous, influencing higher education institutions to equip students with the necessary knowledge, skills and competences to work in such challenging context. Today, in engineering education a fragmented, content-overloaded engineering curriculum is not offering engineering students the career field that will bring together the technological problem-solving and practical skills of engineering along the leadership, teamwork and collaboration, organizational and planning capabilities of business. The current work is a theoretical framework that highlights the importance of preparing future engineers to work in a developing technological, economic and social business context in higher education. More specifically the authors propose the incorporation, in computer and electrical engineering curriculum at the University of Nicosia, three management courses as business electives. Significant comments from industry professionals and academics are collected and reported.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2014 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference
    Subtitle of host publicationEngineering Education Towards Openness and Sustainability, IEEE EDUCON 2014
    PublisherIEEE Computer Society
    Pages377-380
    Number of pages4
    ISBN (Print)9781479931910
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014
    Event2014 4th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference: Engineering Education Towards Openness and Sustainability, IEEE EDUCON 2014 - Istanbul, Turkey
    Duration: 3 Apr 20145 Apr 2014

    Other

    Other2014 4th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference: Engineering Education Towards Openness and Sustainability, IEEE EDUCON 2014
    Country/TerritoryTurkey
    CityIstanbul
    Period3/04/145/04/14

    Keywords

    • curriculum development
    • curriculum reform
    • engineering academic path
    • engineering education
    • higher education

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