A Multidisciplinary, Spiral Curricular Foundation for Engineering Programs

工程项目的多学科、螺旋式课程基础

• 批准号: 0343077
• 负责人: Michael Collura
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of New Haven
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-01 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0343077&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Multidisciplinary; Spiral; Curricular; Foundation; Engineering

This planning grant to the University of New Haven seeks to restructure the undergraduate engineering education program. The goal of the School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) at the University of New Haven (UNH) is to transform its engineering programs to educate students who will better meet the needs of industry and society. The focus of the curriculum reform efforts is to foster interdepartmental cooperation and introduce innovative approaches to our faculty and students, while keeping up with industry demands. The challenge for the faculty is to develop the desirable new attributes while preserving the essential content and best features of the traditional programs. This can be done by coordinating the development of essential skills early in the programs in parallel with a spiral approach for building fundamental engineering concepts. By using active and cooperative learning methods and continuous assessment of new pedagogical techniques, the proposed spiral approach will allow for a more efficient process of developing conceptual understanding. Constant feedback on teaching will lead to continual improvement.

纽黑文大学的这项规划拨款旨在重组本科工程教育项目。纽黑文大学 (UNH) 工程与应用科学学院 (SEAS) 的目标是转变其工程课程，以教育学生更好地满足行业和社会的需求。课程改革工作的重点是促进部门间合作并向我们的教师和学生引入创新方法，同时满足行业需求。教师面临的挑战是开发理想的新属性，同时保留传统课程的基本内容和最佳特征。这可以通过在项目早期协调基本技能的发展以及构建基本工程概念的螺旋方法来实现。通过使用主动和合作的学习方法以及对新教学技术的持续评估，所提出的螺旋方法将允许更有效地发展概念理解的过程。不断的教学反馈将带来持续的改进。