TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterizing engineering faculty's teaching approaches
AU - McKenna, Ann F.
AU - Yalvac, Bugrahan
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the Engineering Research Centers Program of the NSF under Award Number EEC-9876363.
PY - 2007/6
Y1 - 2007/6
N2 - In this paper, we identify several approaches engineering faculty use to teach engineering topics. We report results from an exploratory study, consisting of 16 faculty interviews from five diverse institutions of higher education. We focus specifically on engineering faculty because the engineering faculty teaching culture is not well explored, even though there are many ongoing projects to reform engineering education. The results from this study contribute to efforts currently underway to improve teaching and learning in engineering education, as well as in higher education. Results from this study highlight the disciplinary nature of teaching in the engineering domain. Furthermore, our results can serve as a foundation to compare teaching approaches in other disciplines, or to potential changes in engineering teaching practices.
AB - In this paper, we identify several approaches engineering faculty use to teach engineering topics. We report results from an exploratory study, consisting of 16 faculty interviews from five diverse institutions of higher education. We focus specifically on engineering faculty because the engineering faculty teaching culture is not well explored, even though there are many ongoing projects to reform engineering education. The results from this study contribute to efforts currently underway to improve teaching and learning in engineering education, as well as in higher education. Results from this study highlight the disciplinary nature of teaching in the engineering domain. Furthermore, our results can serve as a foundation to compare teaching approaches in other disciplines, or to potential changes in engineering teaching practices.
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U2 - 10.1080/13562510701278765
DO - 10.1080/13562510701278765
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34247210179
SN - 1356-2517
VL - 12
SP - 405
EP - 418
JO - Teaching in Higher Education
JF - Teaching in Higher Education
IS - 3
ER -