Research in Engineering Education
- Current Innovative Research and Research Interest Groups
- Introduction
- Feedback in Engineering Education
- Research in Engineering Internship and Experiential Learning
- Development and Assessment of Transferable Skills
- Student Engagement and Motivation (particularly in Large Class)
- Women in Engineering
Development and Assessment of Transferable Skills
Inclusion of the achievement of transferable skills as part of the accreditation criteria by engineering accreditation bodies such as ABET, HKIE, and Engineers Ireland have highlighted the importance of transferable skills in university curriculum.
Research in this area may involve studies on student development of these skills and the process, methods and development tools to assess and certify transferable skills that graduates must possess in order to cope in this ever-evolving economy.
References:
- Aston University's Engineering Education Research Group. (n.d.). Attributes of the graduate engineers of the future. Retrieved from http://www1.aston.ac.uk/eas/research/groups/eerg/current-projects/
- Chan, C. K. Y. Aligning students' and teachers' perceptions on transferable skills. European Journal of Engineering Education. (In Review)
- Chan, C. K. Y. (2012). Identifying and understanding the graduate attributes learning outcomes in a case study of community service experiential learning project. International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-long Learning, 22(1/2), 148-159.
- Northwestern University's Northwestern Centre for Engineering Education and Research (NCEER) (n.d.). Exploring the role of computational adaptive expertise in design and innovation ("CADEX"). Retrieved from http://www.nceer.northwestern.edu/research/index.html