Engineering Curriculum Reform at Aalborg University

Luxhøsj, James T; Hansen, Poul Henrik Kyvsgaard

doi:10.1002/j.2168-9830.1996.tb00231.x

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“…Åalborg University in Denmark has more than 20 years of experience with project-based learning. They identify a number of deficiencies of traditional education, among which are the inability to work with others and discussing, the inability for creative problem solving and to solve complex problems that require integration of social, economic, legal and technical factors (Luxhøj and Hansen 1996). The goals of project-based learning are to reduce students' attrition rate, to increase their self-confidence, communication skills and creativity, to emphasize integrated problem-solving and to improve faculty leadership abilities to direct student project teams to solve interdisciplinary problems.…”

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A case study on project led education in engineering: students' and teachers' perceptions

Lima

Dinis‐Carvalho

Flores

et al. 2007

European Journal of Engineering Education

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This paper explores the extent to which students and teachers are able to acknowledge the strengths and weaknesses of a shift in the approach to teaching and learning from a traditional, teacher-centred perspective towards project-and learner-centred education. It reports on a case study aimed at exploring students' and teachers' perceptions of a project-led education course carried out at an engineering course at a Portuguese university. Data were collected through questionnaires, letters and interviews. Findings suggest, in spite of some negative experiences and final results for some of the students, a clear recognition of the benefits of a project-based approach to both the teaching staff as well as the students. Both are able to identify interdisciplinarity, high student motivation and the acquisition of soft skills as key features of project-led education.

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A case study on project led education in engineering: students' and teachers' perceptions

Lima

Dinis‐Carvalho

Flores

et al. 2007

European Journal of Engineering Education

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“…Topics covered in earlier issues of the Journal focused on course and curriculum redesign, particularly including "hands-on" design components. In 1996, Luxhøj, et al described efforts at reforming the engineering curriculum at Aalborg University [18]. D.R.…”

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Taking Stock: An Analysis of the Publishing Record as Represented by the Journal of Engineering Education

Whitin

Sheppard

2004

J of Engineering Edu

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The Journal of Engineering Education emerged in the engineering education community in 1993 as a continuation of the American Society of Engineering Education's journal, Engineering Education. The Journal of Engineering Education was to play a role in the broadening of engineering education culture by helping to bring the scholarship of engineering education to the same level of respect and recognition in the faculty reward system as traditional scholarship in engineering sciences. In doing so, the journal hoped to keep pace with and encourage the significant changes in engineering education needed to prepare for the challenges of 21st century practice. This paper discusses the engineering education environment as reflected in six years of papers published in the Journal of Engineering Education from 1996 to 2001. Topics of papers are identified, along with changes and trends in these topics during the six-year period. In addition, characteristics of particularly convincing papers are enumerated and discussed. This paper is offered as a summary and review of this six-year body of work on engineering education and should aid the engineering education community in reflecting on the success of the Journal in promoting and encouraging the scholarship of teaching. I. INTRODUCTIONIn 2000, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching* embarked on an ambitious research effort to study preparation for the professions in four fields-law, engineering, the clergy and teacher preparation. These studies are collaborations with educators and practitioners in each profession with the aim to better understand and describe the state of professional education in each field. The Carnegie Foundation's ongoing study of engineering is entitled Taking Stock: A Look at Engineering Education at the Turn of the Century and Beyond. It aims to describe and analyze both typical and exemplary approaches to teaching and learning engineering at the outset of the new century. The views into the education of engineers that emerge from this work will complement other activities in the engineering community such as adoption of new ABET EC2000 standards for accreditation and the National Academy of Engineering's Study of the Engineer in 2020 [2].In the initial year of Taking Stock several "mini-studies" were undertaken in order to use published data to gain insights into engineering education at the national level. National Science Foundation reports [23,24] were reviewed and synthesized into the publications "Students Entering and Exiting the Engineering Pipeline-Identifying Key Decision Points and Trends" [13] and "Descriptions of Engineering: Student and Engineering Practitioner Perspectives" [35]. In addition, papers published in the last six years of the Journal of Engineering Education (henceforth referred to as the Journal) were reviewed; this current paper is a review and summary of these six years of publications in the Journal. This is not the first review of Journal publications since its introduction in 1993. In 1999 a ...

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“…As a reaction to the demand of the present and future economy, there have been many recent examples of systematic changes to the mechanical engineering curricula at higher institutions in the U.S. and abroad. Luxhøsj and Hansen [2] reported an overhaul of the engineering curriculum at Aalborg University in Denmark where project-based learning was implemented to better prepare students for the workforce. Jones et al [3], a group of multinational collaborators, dissected the market need for mechatronics and discussed ways to incorporate it within the mechanical engineering curricula.…”

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A Critical Look at Mechanical Engineering Curriculum: Assessing the Need

Siow¹,

Szwalek²,

Komperda³

et al. 2019

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Since the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act in 1862, the U.S. higher education system has been serving the industrial world, and engineering study is the epitome of this ideal: Serve those who will practice it in the immediate future. The mechanical engineering curricula have long been evolving to meet the demand of the changing economy, and it may soon be due for a major update. This paper aims to present an initial effort to explore the need for a systematic redesign, or reform, of the mechanical engineering curriculum at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where curricular changes during the past five decades have been largely isolated, incremental and piecemeal. This paper documents the method in, and results from, an evidence-based study of external data, from which a list of key skills future graduates should acquire is generated. The outcome of this study will inform and guide the next phase of the work, which examines the state of the current curriculum, teaching, and assessment within the department, as well as a comparison of curricula among peer and aspirational institutions.

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Engineering Curriculum Reform at Aalborg University

Cited by 21 publications

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A case study on project led education in engineering: students' and teachers' perceptions

A case study on project led education in engineering: students' and teachers' perceptions

Taking Stock: An Analysis of the Publishing Record as Represented by the Journal of Engineering Education

A Critical Look at Mechanical Engineering Curriculum: Assessing the Need

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