scholarly journals An Interdisciplinary Research-based Education Program for Engaging Plant/Agriculture Sciences, Chemical Sciences, and Engineering Students (iREP-4-PACE) at Minority Institutions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharanabasaweshwara Asundi ◽  
Gregory Bernard ◽  
Willard Collier
Keyword(s):  
Education Program ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Minority Institutions

Creating Attraction for Technical Education Material and its Educational Benefit (Development of Robotic Education Material Characterized by 3D CAD/CAM and Compact Stereo Vision)

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 665-675 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Morishita ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Stereo Vision ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Technical Education ◽  
Vision System ◽  
Processing System ◽  
Circuit Board ◽  
3D Cad ◽  
Education Material ◽  
Cad Cam

This paper describes an attractive technical education program and material for engineering students that consists of 3D CAD/CAM technology, CAD/CAM circuit board manufacture, an image information processing system, stereo vision technology and control experiments involving a simple and compact robot equipped with a stereo vision system. In addition, this material, which incorporates 3D attraction, can provide an interesting experience in constructing robot mechatronics and programming for students. Results show that this technical education program can have an excellent effect in enabling students to acquire both hardware and software technology and to obtain control experience with actual robots. Finally, these results indicate that this education program is effective with technical students seeking to learn about system technology including robotics and mechatronics technology

scholarly journals Changes in the engineering students’ procrastination self-evaluation within the experimental approbation of career education program

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Jerkunkova ◽  
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Irena Katane ◽  
Regina Baltusite ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Education Program ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Career Education ◽  
Career Goals ◽  
Dropping Out ◽  
Self Evaluation ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Academic Year

One of the modern education problems being investigated is a phenomenon of student procrastination and minimisation of its influence on achievement of career goals. A transformative pedagogical experiment was carried out involving 1st year engineering students of Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies during the 2018/2019 academic year. The aim of the transformative pedagogical experiment was to promote the reduction of student procrastination levels and achievement of their goals by practical experimental approbation of a career education program. During the experiment, self-evaluation of student procrastination was performed before and after the implementation of the career education program. The methodology included 20 indicators of procrastination self-evaluation. The program included three topic-based parts: 1) understanding and setting student career goals; 2) defining procrastination levels and factors; 3) the influence of procrastination minimisation on career goals’ achievement. The study results allowed to conclude that due to the career education program elaborated and implemented in practice, substantial changes in student procrastination self-evaluation took place during the transformative pedagogical experiment. There was a significant difference in student procrastination levels before and after the transformative pedagogical experiment. The study results demonstrated that the elaborated and experimentally implemented career education program is valid and can be further used for minimisation of student procrastination, it can contribute to career goals’ achievement and for the reduction of early discontinuation of studies and dropping out of university as there is a correlation between procrastination and dropout phenomena.

103 An Education Program to Encourage Creative Spirit among Engineering Students in All Desciplines

2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (0) ◽  
pp. 9-12
Author(s):  
Kazutaka YOKOTA ◽  
Shinichi Watanabe ◽  
Junji TAKAKI ◽  
Sadakatsu FUCHIZAWA
Keyword(s):  
Education Program ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Creative Spirit

Entrepreneurial education program motivations in shaping engineering students’ entrepreneurial intention

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 328-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minjung Kim ◽  
Min Jae Park
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Entrepreneurial Intention ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This study aims to draw on Piaget’s theory of assimilation and accommodation (absorptive capacity) as having mediating roles to examine the effect of motivational factors in entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention among engineering students. In addition, this relationship is analyzed along with the moderating effect of the home environment. Design/methodology/approach The structural equation model was applied to a sample of university students (736 respondents) engaged in an entrepreneurship education program in South Korea. Findings The findings highlight that the motivations of personal achievement, social welfare and social relationship were associated with assimilated students, and the motivations of personal achievement and cognitive interest were associated with accommodated students fostering entrepreneurial intention in their entrepreneurship education. Originality/value This finding contributes to the theoretical implications of absorptive capacity (assimilation and accommodation) in the learning process and has wider practical implications for course instructors in educational institutions who wish to promote the effectiveness of developing entrepreneurship knowledge and skills among engineering students.

scholarly journals Interdisciplinary Research Methodologies in Engineering Education Research

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Reynolds ◽  
Nicholas Dacre
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
The Core ◽  
Rigorous Research ◽  
Workplace Challenges ◽  
Engineering Education Research

As Engineering Education Research (EER) develops as a discipline it is necessary for EER scholars to contribute to the development of learning theory rather than simply being informed by it. It has been suggested that to do this effectively will require partnerships between Engineering scholars and psychologists, education researchers, including other social scientists. The formation of such partnerships is particularly important when considering the introduction of business-related skills into engineering curriculum designed to prepare 21st Century Engineering Students for workplace challenges. In order to encourage scholars beyond Engineering to engage with EER, it is necessary to provide an introduction to the complexities of EER.With this aim in mind, this paper provides an outline review of what is considered ‘rigorous’ research from an EER perspective as well as highlighting some of the core methodological traditions of EER. The paper aims to facilitate further discussion between EER scholars and researchers from other disciplines, ultimately leading to future collaboration on innovative and rigorous EER.

scholarly journals Interdisciplinary Research for Engineering Skills Development

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 14-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angel E. González-Lizardo
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Interdisciplinary Research ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Undergraduate Research ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Qualitative Description ◽  
Research Experience ◽  
Life Problems ◽  
Engineering And Technology

This work reports the results of an ad hoc interdisciplinary research experience for undergraduate engineering students at the Plasma Engineering Laboratory (PEL) of the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico (PUPR). The strong features of this experience and their relationship with Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) outcomes are pointed out, and a qualitative description of the results is discussed, in terms of the performance of the students during the experience and after it. An example of the different activities performed by a team of undergraduate students, and their relationship with the ABET outcomes is presented. The undergraduate research at the PEL provides the students with a unique opportunity to practice engineering before graduation through real life problems, innovation, collaboration with other institutions, and presentation of their work for engineering and scientific audiences.

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