Educating Engineers: Designing for the Future of the Field (Preparation for Professions) - Hardcover

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Sheri D. Sheppard is a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, directing the study of engineering education in the Preparation for the Professions Program. She is a professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford University.

Kelly Macatangay is management analyst at the Clark County District Attorney's Office in Nevada, and research consultant for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Anne Colby joined the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a senior scholar in 1997. She is coauthor of Educating for Democracy.

William M. Sullivan is a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, working on the Preparation for the Professions Program. He is the coauthor of A New Agenda for Higher Education.

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Praise for Educating Engineers

"This book describes the need for a major transformation of engineering education to increase the emphasis on developing the skills needed for professional practice. I particularly appreciated the chapters on design courses and ethics. The book makes a compelling case for the need for engineering faculty and administrators to pay much more attention to integrating ethics learning throughout the engineering curriculum." ?Maria M. Klawe, president, Harvey Mudd College

"This is a very important book that utilizes solid work in pedagogical development and assessment methods to both analyze engineering education today and provide important recommendations about how it should evolve to address the rapidly changing nature of engineering practice." ?James J. Duderstadt, president emeritus and University Professor of Science and Engineering, University of Michigan

"Anyone concerned about the sustainability of America's global leadership in engineering and the preparation of tomorrow's engineers should read this report. Approaching their assessment of engineering education today as essentially a design problem, Sheri Sheppard and her colleagues provide a detailed analysis of the historical?but still dominant?linear, 'building-blocks' model that focuses single-mindedly on technical competence. In the process, they identify major misalignments between that model and one implied by the expanding needs of a rapidly evolving engineering world and by the substantial body of theory and research on how students learn. The authors identify alternative models and practices, providing numerous, concrete examples of redesigned curricula and practices designed to promote not only technical competence, but also a broad array of other skills that are also needed in the radically changing world of professional practice. The report is a superb blueprint to guide reflection, discussion, debate, and action by all parties with a stake in redesigning undergraduate engineering education in the U.S. And when you think about it, that's all of us."
?Patrick T. Terenzini, Distinguished Professor and Senior Scientist, Center for the Study of Higher Education, The Pennsylvania State University

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Educating Engineers

Educating Engineers is the third volume in a series of comparative studies by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching that examines how the members of different professions are educated for their responsibilities in the communities they serve.

With today's whirl of innovation and the profound changes in engineering practice and professional responsibility, engineering prowess is a key element for the progress of civilization. Based on years of research from a variety of U.S. engineering schools throughout the nation, Educating Engineers focuses on the practices of teaching and learning that shape future engineers. The book considers the strengths and weaknesses of current curricular goals and teaching practices, in light of the major changes in professional practice in this new, global era. Educating Engineers also addresses concerns about declining enrollment, underrepresentation of women and minorities, and perceived inadequacies in the preparation of graduates for the shifting roles of practicing engineers.

There is a need for educators to transform their programs so that students' learning experience will more effectively prepare them to meet the new demands of professional practice. Educating Engineers documents a range of solutions to the dilemmas facing the field, including innovative approaches to teaching design, the use of co-op programs, and integration of basic sciences and research skills.

Educating Engineers offers an important and timely set of recommendations for improving the professional education of engineers across all areas of specialization.