Rethinking Engineering Education The CDIO Approach /

• Main Authors: Crawley, Edward F. (Author), Malmqvist, Johan (Author), Östlund, Sören (Author), Brodeur, Doris R. (Author), Edström, Kristina (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2014.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Science education.; Engineering > Vocational guidance.; Job Careers in Science and Engineering.; Engineering, general.; Science Education.

This book describes an approach to engineering education that integrates a comprehensive set of personal, interpersonal, and professional engineering skills with engineering disciplinary knowledge in order to prepare innovative and entrepreneurial engineers.  The education of engineers is set in the...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and Motivation
• The CDIO Approach
• The CDIO Syllabus: Learning Outcomes for Engineering Education
• Integrated Curriculum Design
• Design-Implement Experiences and Engineering Workspaces
• Teaching and Learning
• Student Learning Assessment
• Adapting and Implementing a CDIO Approach
• Program Evaluation
• Historical Accounts of Engineering Education
• Outlook.