Industry Internships As A Tool For Curriculum Development
Industry Internships As A Tool For Curriculum Development
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行业实习作为课程开发的工具
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10.18260/1-2--7188
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发表时间：
1998
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Michele H. Miller
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作者：
Michele H. Miller
行业调查显示，新的工程专业毕业生缺乏重要的技能。大学课程对行业需求的反应迟缓。1997年夏天，我参加了一个为期一个月的工业实习。虽然提供了进行研究联系的机会，但主要目的是提供第一手资料，了解工程师的工作和他们需要的技能。通过扩大这类实习机会，让更多教员参与进来，MTU希望加快课程改革的步伐。本文描述了包括这次实习的活动以及观察到的最重要的技能。除了少数例外，我列出的技能清单与雇主调查得出的清单相符。基于这些观察，我对课程改革的建议是：(1)为学生提供更多发展软技能的机会（例如，通过要求更多实际的团队项目）；(2)明确教授过程技能，如解决问题和项目管理；(3)强调工程科学课程的基础知识以及如何将其应用于各种问题；(4)提供更多的系统课程，帮助学生处理他们将遇到的复杂产品和组织。实习对我的教学和服务活动产生了多方面的影响。最后提出了将实习与课程开发更紧密地结合起来的建议。
Industry surveys indicate that new engineering graduates lack important skills. University curricula have been slow to respond to industry needs. In the summer of 1997 I participated in a month-long industrial internship. While opportunity was provided for making research contacts, the main purpose was to provide first hand exposure to what engineers do and what skills they need. By expanding this type of internship opportunity to involve more faculty, MTU hopes to accelerate the pace of curricular change. This paper describes the activities that comprised this internship as well as the skills observed to be most important. With a few exceptions, my list of skills matches the lists derived from employer surveys. Based on these observations, my recommendations for curriculum change are: (1) provide more opportunities for students to develop the soft skills (for example, by requiring more practical team projects); (2) explicitly teach process skills, such as problem solving and project management; (3) emphasize the basics in engineering science courses and how to apply them to a variety of problems; (4) offer more systems courses to help students deal with the complicated products and organizations they will encounter. The internship has impacted my teaching and service activities in several ways. The paper concludes with some suggestions for more tightly integrating the internship to curriculum development.