scholarly journals The Role of Centers for Teaching and Learning in Improvement of Undergraduate Engineering Education

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pratibha Varma-Nelson ◽  
Stephen Hundley ◽  
Terri Tarr
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering Education

scholarly journals Effective Use of Graduate Students as Teaching Assistants in Undergraduate Engineering Education

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janna Rosales ◽  
Darlene Spracklin-Reid, ◽  
Susan Caines
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Teaching Assistants ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Teaching Assistant ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering Education ◽  
Student Centred Learning ◽  
Effective Use

Undergraduate Engineering Education can be significantly enhanced through the effective use of Teaching Assistants. Traditionally, Teaching Assistants have been viewed as support for the instructor, but as student-centred learning models take more precedence, the role of the Teaching Assistant is changing to adapt. Recognizing the challenges presented by large class sizes and Teaching Assistants’ limited teaching experience, how can we effectively employ graduate students as Teaching Assistants to enhance undergraduate learning in engineering? This paper provides details on the approach taken by Memorial University to support Teaching Assistants as educators and to draw on their experience and enthusiasm for engineering education. It also examines the approach taken in one undergraduate engineering course to engage Teaching Assistants with the content, the students, and the professor.

Mechanics as a Basic Component of Future Engineering Curricula

1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (6S) ◽  
pp. S297-S300
Author(s):  
Daniel C. Drucker
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering ◽  
Course Of Action ◽  
The Future ◽  
Undergraduate Engineering Education ◽  
The Many

A consensus is beginning to emerge that the time has come for a radical change in all of our engineering curricula to make each of them far more responsive to the needs of today and tomorrow. However, there is profound disagreement on what directions of change are appropriate. It is essential that you, the mechanics community in the universities, industry, government, and private practice, enter immediately and vigorously into these ongoing debates on the future of undergraduate engineering education. Similar controversial issues are emerging at the graduate level and also call for your early input. You appreciate that mechanics in all its aspects is but a fraction of the totality of engineering education. However, you best understand why education in mechanics and education through mechanics, and the many other branches of fundamental engineering science, are among the essential building blocks for all engineers. You owe it to your colleagues in the specialized engineering disciplines to reach consensus among yourselves first, and then share your insight on the appropriate role of mechanics in the future before they commit themselves and you to any course of action.

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