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?

engineering education

outcomes

cross-cultural

technical

accreditation

social

capabilites

Author

Xiaofeng Tang

Dean Nieusma

Jens Kabo

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

John Currie

Hu Wenlong

Caroline Baillie

Presented at 5th Annual Symposium on Engineering & Liberal Education. June 1-3, 2012. Union College, Schenectady, NY.

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Educational Sciences

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10/7/2017