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