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Stice, James E. – Engineering Education, 1984
Discusses factors related to developing successful programs for training faculty in various aspects of college teaching, indicating that some tangible advantage for faculty participating in such programs is needed. Illustrates this by showing how a successful program was related to paying faculty one week's salary for attending the program. (JN)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Engineering Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Dixon, John R.; Nelson, Carl W. – Engineering Education, 1973
Outlines the academic premises made in traditional engineering education in comparison with the educational objectives of practice-directed curricula. Suggests that the practice-audit-study learning mode should be adopted in place of the lecture-homework-exam-grade system. (CC)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Engineering Education, Higher Education, Instruction
Wankat, Phillip C.; Oreovicz, Frank S. – Engineering Education, 1984
Describes a graduate level course on the philosophy and techniques of teaching chemical engineering. Course topics include lecturing methods, test construction and grading, homework assignments, laboratory instructional methods, and methods of individual tutoring. All topics were approached using a variety of instructional strategies. (JN)
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, College Instruction, Course Descriptions, Engineering Education
Conner, David A. – Engineering Education, 1973
Discusses the use of the METRO-APEX program to provide a simulated real world'' experience of managing air quality in urban regions. Concludes that the students involved are strengthened in business and natural, applied, and political sciences and given a proper insight into the professional behavior. (CC)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Games, Engineering Education, Environmental Education
Smith, Barnard E. – Engineering Education, 1973
Discusses the theory, operation, and practical problems encountered in conducting a professional program which emphasizes close contact with industrial engineers in engineering education. Indicates that the partnership program provides one means for firms to participate in educational activities while serving their own interests. (CC)
Descriptors: Career Development, Cooperative Programs, Educational Programs, Engineering Education
Bloom, Robert S.; Levin, Jack – Engineering Education, 1987
Offers a model for a performance-based training system based on job task analysis methodology that has been successfully implemented at a nuclear utility. Presents a flow chart of the training needs system and explains the steps involved in the process. (ML)
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Industrial Training, Job Analysis, Models
Fromm, Eli; Quinn, Robert G. – Engineering Education, 1989
Presented is a blueprint for restructuring the first two years of the engineering curriculum. Four new concepts for the first two years are discussed: (1) the mathematical and scientific foundations of engineering, (2) fundamentals of engineering, (3) the engineering laboratory, and (4) the professional and personal enrichment program. (MVL)
Descriptors: College Science, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development, Engineering
