Innovation in Continuing Engineering Education with focus on gender and non-traditional students' pathways

Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

Standard

Innovation in Continuing Engineering Education with focus on gender and non-traditional students' pathways. / Block, Brit Maren.
SEFI Annual Conference 2017: 18-21 September 2017, Azores, Portugal; Proceedings; Education Excellence for Sustainability. ed. / Jorge Bernardino; João Rocha; José Carlo Quadrado. European Society for Engineering Education, 2017. p. 276-283.

Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

Harvard

Block, BM 2017, Innovation in Continuing Engineering Education with focus on gender and non-traditional students' pathways. in J Bernardino, J Rocha & JC Quadrado (eds), SEFI Annual Conference 2017: 18-21 September 2017, Azores, Portugal; Proceedings; Education Excellence for Sustainability. European Society for Engineering Education, pp. 276-283, Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education - SEFI 2017, Angra do Heroismo, Terceira Island, Portugal, 18.09.17. <https://www.sefi.be/wp-content/uploads/SEFI_2017_PROCEEDINGS.pdf>

APA

Block, B. M. (2017). Innovation in Continuing Engineering Education with focus on gender and non-traditional students' pathways. In J. Bernardino, J. Rocha, & J. C. Quadrado (Eds.), SEFI Annual Conference 2017: 18-21 September 2017, Azores, Portugal; Proceedings; Education Excellence for Sustainability (pp. 276-283). European Society for Engineering Education. https://www.sefi.be/wp-content/uploads/SEFI_2017_PROCEEDINGS.pdf

Vancouver

Block BM. Innovation in Continuing Engineering Education with focus on gender and non-traditional students' pathways. In Bernardino J, Rocha J, Quadrado JC, editors, SEFI Annual Conference 2017: 18-21 September 2017, Azores, Portugal; Proceedings; Education Excellence for Sustainability. European Society for Engineering Education. 2017. p. 276-283

Bibtex

@inbook{2ab70e5683b642c2aed2ccfa5c38fb72,
title = "Innovation in Continuing Engineering Education with focus on gender and non-traditional students' pathways",
abstract = "The challenges of the 21st century call for supporting Continuing Engineering Education, a topic that is of increasing importance to universities worldwide. Furthermore, attracting new talents (women among others) into Engineering Education, is a key-element in contemporary higher education. Although the offer of studying programs alongside work has grown in recent years, there is still a need for research in context of accompanied studies and a lack of theory-based development in didactic concepts for learning professionals. This paper contributes to this research discourse and aims to generate new insights in a threefold way: (1) by specifying challenges and innovative approaches for accompanied studying programs in Business Engineering; (2) by explaining the theoretical framework for the methodical arrangement of exemplary engineering courses for non-traditional students; and (3) by describing first experiences with the concept during the development and implementation in selected engineering course. This paper also provides a new perspective on how to meet gender aspects. In this context, the influences of interdisciplinary orientation and student- centered course design were analyzed by using semi-structured interviews with female students.",
keywords = "Attractiveness of engineering education, Continuing engineering education and lifelong learning, Curriculum development, Gender and diversity, University- business cooperation, Engineering",
author = "Block, {Brit Maren}",
year = "2017",
language = "English",
pages = "276--283",
editor = "Jorge Bernardino and Jo{\~a}o Rocha and Quadrado, {Jos{\'e} Carlo}",
booktitle = "SEFI Annual Conference 2017",
publisher = "European Society for Engineering Education",
address = "International",
note = "Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education - SEFI 2017, SEFI 2017 ; Conference date: 18-09-2017 Through 21-09-2017",
url = "https://www.sefi.be/2017/10/05/sefi-2017-annual-conference-in-azores/",

}

RIS

TY - CHAP

T1 - Innovation in Continuing Engineering Education with focus on gender and non-traditional students' pathways

AU - Block, Brit Maren

N1 - Conference code: 45

PY - 2017

Y1 - 2017

N2 - The challenges of the 21st century call for supporting Continuing Engineering Education, a topic that is of increasing importance to universities worldwide. Furthermore, attracting new talents (women among others) into Engineering Education, is a key-element in contemporary higher education. Although the offer of studying programs alongside work has grown in recent years, there is still a need for research in context of accompanied studies and a lack of theory-based development in didactic concepts for learning professionals. This paper contributes to this research discourse and aims to generate new insights in a threefold way: (1) by specifying challenges and innovative approaches for accompanied studying programs in Business Engineering; (2) by explaining the theoretical framework for the methodical arrangement of exemplary engineering courses for non-traditional students; and (3) by describing first experiences with the concept during the development and implementation in selected engineering course. This paper also provides a new perspective on how to meet gender aspects. In this context, the influences of interdisciplinary orientation and student- centered course design were analyzed by using semi-structured interviews with female students.

AB - The challenges of the 21st century call for supporting Continuing Engineering Education, a topic that is of increasing importance to universities worldwide. Furthermore, attracting new talents (women among others) into Engineering Education, is a key-element in contemporary higher education. Although the offer of studying programs alongside work has grown in recent years, there is still a need for research in context of accompanied studies and a lack of theory-based development in didactic concepts for learning professionals. This paper contributes to this research discourse and aims to generate new insights in a threefold way: (1) by specifying challenges and innovative approaches for accompanied studying programs in Business Engineering; (2) by explaining the theoretical framework for the methodical arrangement of exemplary engineering courses for non-traditional students; and (3) by describing first experiences with the concept during the development and implementation in selected engineering course. This paper also provides a new perspective on how to meet gender aspects. In this context, the influences of interdisciplinary orientation and student- centered course design were analyzed by using semi-structured interviews with female students.

KW - Attractiveness of engineering education

KW - Continuing engineering education and lifelong learning

KW - Curriculum development

KW - Gender and diversity

KW - University- business cooperation

KW - Engineering

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85034775833&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Article in conference proceedings

AN - SCOPUS:85034775833

SP - 276

EP - 283

BT - SEFI Annual Conference 2017

A2 - Bernardino, Jorge

A2 - Rocha, João

A2 - Quadrado, José Carlo

PB - European Society for Engineering Education

T2 - Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education - SEFI 2017

Y2 - 18 September 2017 through 21 September 2017

ER -