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Reddy, Gudur Raghavendra; McDonagh, Deana; Harris, Maurita T.; Rogers, Wendy A. – Design and Technology Education, 2021
There is an increasing interest in design and creative thinking processes in the Sciences, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and health education disciplines. Many new degree programs are integrating design thinking into their syllabi, with the intention of bringing creative problem-solving methods to these disciplines. In reality,…
Descriptors: Design, Thinking Skills, Creative Thinking, Problem Solving
Niemi, Eugene E., Jr. – Engineering Education, 1973
Describes the demand for graduates from biomedical engineering programs as being not yet fully able to absorb the supply. Suggests small schools interested in entering the field consider offering their programs at the undergraduate level via a minor or an option. Examples of such options and student projects are included. (CC)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Course Descriptions, Educational Programs, Engineering Education
Counelis, James Steve – 1978
An evaluation of an undergraduate interdisciplinary team-taught course entitled "Technological Culture and the Human Prospect" is presented. The pilot course attempts to deal with (1) the need for curricular innovation, (2) the need for faculty development, (3) the need to build flexible curricula with greater sensitivity for student…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Course Evaluation, Higher Education, Human Factors Engineering
Parkman, Ralph – 1967
An inter-disciplinary course entitled "Cybernation and Man," developed by the School of Engineering at San Jose State College, tries to evaluate the many problems posed to man by the expansion of his technology. It is contended in the course that the most effective approach to control of complex social phenomena within a technological…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Course Descriptions, Cybernetics