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Theresa K. Green – ProQuest LLC, 2021
One goal of undergraduate engineering education is to prepare students with the knowledge, skills, and decision-making strategies that are necessary for success in engineering practice. One proposed method to teach students these skills is to incorporate habits of mind into K-12 and undergraduate curricula. Habits of mind are the intelligent,…
Descriptors: Engineering, Technical Occupations, Undergraduate Study, Engineering Education
Cullinane, Carl; Montacute, Rebecca – Sutton Trust, 2017
Essential life skills such as confidence, motivation, resilience and communication are associated with better academic outcomes and better prospects in the workplace, and there is an increasing emphasis on their value, given labour market trends towards automation. While 'character' has traditionally been at the centre of British private school…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Skill Development, Self Control, Self Esteem
Malyn-Smith, Joyce; Blustein, David; Pillai, Sarita; Parker, Caroline E.; Gutowski, Ellen; Diamonti, A. J. – Education Development Center, Inc., 2017
The proliferation of new technologies has changed the way we live, learn, and work. The vision of the future includes a new machine age, where various technologies (sensors, communication, computation, and intelligence) will be embedded around, on, and in us; where humans will shape technology and technology will shape human interaction; and where…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Technological Advancement, Futures (of Society), Innovation