Technical-Social Integration in Engineering Education: Comparing Accreditation Requirements in Australia, China, Sweden, and the United States
Conference poster, 2012

This project analyzes accreditation documents in four countries—Australia, China, Sweden, and the US—as a way to explore opportunities for and barriers to integrating technical and social aspects of engineering education. The cross-national comparison also seeks to shed light on the following two questions: 1. How can accreditation facilitate the education of socially competent engineers through encouraging the integration of technical and social aspects of engineering education? 2. What capabilities do different nations expect from engineers?

outcomes

cross-cultural

accreditation

engineering education

technical

social

capabilites

Author

Xiaofeng Tang

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Dean Nieusma

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Jens Kabo

Chalmers, Applied Information Technology (Chalmers), Engineering Education Research - EER (Chalmers)

John Currie

University of Sydney

Hu Wenlong

Beihang University

Caroline Baillie

University of Western Australia

Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)

Educational Sciences

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