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Breen, Kimberly C.; Dotson, Mary Elizabeth; Madonna, Megan C.; Asturias, Gabriela; Pena, Daniela Mariucci; Springate, Hope; Alvarez, Valentina; Ramanujam, Nimmi – Advances in Engineering Education, 2023
Background: Through the human-centered design process (HCD), students, referred to as learners, can use a personal lens to contextualize engineering concepts and solve real-world problems (Goldman and Kabayadondo 2016). The Ignite program, created by the Center for Global Women's Health Technologies (GWHT) at Duke University, integrates the HCD…
Descriptors: Design, Thinking Skills, STEM Education, Intervention
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Hailes, Stephen; Jones, Liz; Micheletti, Martina; Mitchell, John E.; Nyamapfene, Abel; Roach, Kate; Tilley, Emanuela; Truscott, Fiona – Advances in Engineering Education, 2021
In 2014, the UCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences introduced the Integrated Engineering Programme -- a revision of eight existing degree programmes across a range of engineering disciplines. Centred on a thread of authentic project-based activities, the programme aimed to enhance the students' understanding of key theoretical concepts and heighten…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Authentic Learning, Student Projects, Active Learning
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DeBoer, Jennifer; Radhakrishnan, Dhinesh; Freitas, Claudio – Advances in Engineering Education, 2022
Displaced learners, uprooted because of conflict, poverty, or other major traumas, are often shut out of opportunities to learn engineering. At the same time, fragile contexts demand engineers' expertise, but experts and their engineered solutions are often called in from outside the community. In this article, we examine engineering learning as a…
Descriptors: Refugees, Homeless People, Authentic Learning, Engineering Education