Preparing Tomorrow’s Engineer-Communicators: A Review of Models for Effective Communication Instruction

Abstract

This paper offers a landscape analysis of communication instruction within six Canadian and two American Engineering faculties by bringing together approaches and perspectives from communication instructors at these institutes. Each instructor shares a summary of their institution’s approach to communication instruction, before discussing a course-level initiative. Similarities between these approaches at a course and institutional level are summarized and discussed.

Shaping futures: A dialogue on chemical engineering education

“…This is not to say that no changes have occurred. [8] Over the last decade there has been increased focus on engineering education research and the scholarship of teaching and learning that has supported valuable evolution at most Canadian universities in the instruction of communication, [9] leadership, [10][11][12] problem solving, [13] design, [14] and lab-based-instruction, [15,16] among others. However, most of these initiatives have been attempts to fit more into already overfilled curricula, rather than undertake major curriculum reform.…”