U.S.- Africa Workshop on Globalizing Engineering Education: Lessons Learned from US-Africa Partnerships

美国-非洲全球化工程教育研讨会：从美非伙伴关系中汲取的经验教训

• 批准号: 0836873
• 负责人: Andy Ward
• 金额: $ 6万
• 依托单位: Ohio State University Research Foundation -DO NOT USE
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-07-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0836873&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: U.S.; Africa; Workshop; Globalizing; Engineering

This award funds an international workshop with the following goals: to identify effective learning models that incorporate a global dimension in the education of engineering students, and to identify the infrastructure and resources required to maintain that global dimension. On October 17-18, 2008 the workshop will bring together invited engineering faculty from the United States, their African university partners, and participating students from the U.S. and Africa. The workshop will be held in Cape Town, South Africa prior to the American Society for Engineering Education's 7th Annual Global Colloquium and the International Federation of Engineering Education Societies' Global Summit. Many of the workshop's participants will also be attending the ASEE and IFEES meetings and so can immediately discuss the workshop's conclusions with engineering educators from around the world.Engineering is increasingly becoming a globalized profession by involving multi-national teams in engineering design, technical services, and marketing. However, the typical undergraduate engineering curriculum is often too full of required technical courses to allow time for any foreign language or study abroad courses. The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requires eleven outcomes of all accredited U.S. engineering programs, including one that says programs must demonstrate that their students attain "the broad education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global, economic, environmental and societal context." Furthermore, the U.S. National Academy of Engineering predicts that "the engineer of 2020 will have to understand how to adapt solutions, in an ethical way, to the constraints of developing countries." In order to become more multi-culturally sensitive, globally competent, and globally competitive, the U.S. engineering profession must provide opportunities for aspiring young engineers to learn the requisite skills and attitudes. Despite widespread accolades from students on the benefits of international initiatives, these initiatives often flounder because of lack of resources, lack of institutional support, and logistical problems. At this workshop, participants will share knowledge gained from their experience in running engineering education projects in Africa, including NSF-funded activities such as Research Experiences for Undergraduate-Sites and International Research Experience for Students projects, as well as capstone courses, and other curricular initiatives such as partnerships with the Peace Corps. The workshop participants will summarize the lessons learned, challenges, and opportunities, and so contribute to a better understanding of how to globalize American engineering education and how to effectively partner for mutual benefit with engineering educators from other nations.This award is co-funded by NSF's Division of Engineering Education and Centers.

该奖项资助一个国际研讨会，其目标如下：确定将全球维度纳入工程学生教育的有效学习模式，并确定维持全球维度所需的基础设施和资源。 2008 年 10 月 17 日至 18 日，研讨会将汇集来自美国的受邀工程教师、他们的非洲大学合作伙伴以及来自美国和非洲的参与学生。该研讨会将于美国工程教育学会第七届年度全球研讨会和国际工程教育学会联合会全球峰会之前在南非开普敦举行。许多研讨会的参与者还将参加 ASEE 和 IFEES 会议，因此可以立即与来自世界各地的工程教育工作者讨论研讨会的结论。通过涉及工程设计、技术服务和营销的跨国团队，工程日益成为一个全球化的职业。然而，典型的本科工程课程往往包含过多的必修技术课程，以至于没有时间学习任何外语或出国留学课程。工程与技术认证委员会 (ABET) 要求所有经过认证的美国工程项目取得 11 项成果，其中一项要求项目必须证明其学生获得了“了解工程解决方案在全球、经济、环境和社会背景下的影响所必需的广泛教育”。此外，美国国家工程院预测，“2020 年的工程师将必须了解如何以合乎道德的方式调整解决方案，以适应发展中国家的限制。” 为了变得更加具有多元文化敏感性、全球竞争力和全球竞争力，美国工程行业必须为有抱负的年轻工程师提供学习必要技能和态度的机会。 尽管国际倡议的好处受到学生的广泛赞誉，但这些倡议常常因缺乏资源、缺乏机构支持和后勤问题而陷入困境。在本次研讨会上，参与者将分享他们在非洲运行工程教育项目的经验中获得的知识，包括美国国家科学基金会资助的活动，例如本科生研究经验和学生国际研究经验项目，以及顶点课程和其他课程举措，例如与和平队的合作。研讨会参与者将总结经验教训、挑战和机遇，从而有助于更好地了解如何实现美国工程教育全球化以及如何与其他国家的工程教育工作者有效合作以实现互利共赢。该奖项由 NSF 工程教育和中心部门共同资助。