scholarly journals RAISING ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ AWARENESS AS REGARDS THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVING THEIR PROFICIENCY IN ENGLISH

2021 ◽  
pp. 099
Author(s):  
Simona Abrudan Caciora ◽  
Amalia Sturza ◽  
Anamaria Supuran
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
English Language ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Multinational Companies ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Current Role ◽  
Good Grasp ◽  
Conducting Research

This research paper presents the results obtained after analysing the answers given by a number of 170 engineering students to questions referring to the current role of English, both in engineering education and in engineers’ professional activity, especially when that activity is carried out in multinational companies.In addition, it emphasizes the importance of presenting students, during the early stages of their academic education, with the advantages provided by a good command of the English language. First, because employers in the field of engineering, especially those representing multinational companies (and such multinational companies are present in Oradea) need employees with a good grasp of English. Second, because academic education often involves the use of English for conducting research and/or for presenting the results of research.

scholarly journals Undergraduate medical education: a national survey of consultant radiologists

2020 ◽  
Vol 93 (1112) ◽  
pp. 20200380 ◽  
Author(s):  
C Chew ◽  
PJ O’Dwyer
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Education ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Large Drop ◽  
Current Role ◽  
Health Boards

Objective: Rising clinical demand and changes to Radiologists’ job plans mean it is becoming ever more difficult for Radiologists to teach medical students. The aim of this study was to assess the current role of Radiologists in undergraduate medical education in Scotland. Methods: Consultant Radiologists working across all 14 Scottish Health Boards were invited by email to participate in an anonymous short online survey. The survey ran for 6 weeks from November 2019. One reminder email was sent a week before the survey closed. Results: 102 responses were recorded, representing 34% of the total whole time equivalent Radiologists in Scotland. All agreed Radiology should be taught to medical students. Over 70% (n = 73) taught medical students, most often during supporting professional activity time. 76 percent of Radiologists who did not teach expressed a desire to do so. The most common barrier to teaching was not having enough time in their job plan. Scottish Radiologists delivered a median of 10 h (IQR 0–22) a year of teaching to medical students. Thematic analysis of free comments revealed staffing/time constraints severely limiting ability to teach. Conclusion: This is the first national survey to assess the current role of Radiologists in teaching medical students. While most are teaching or want to teach, there is a large drop-off between current Scottish and previously reported UK median teaching hours. Engagement from Universities, Royal College of Radiologists and Health Boards is urgently needed to reverse this trend. Advances in knowledge: This is the first national survey into the current role of Radiologists in undergraduate medical education. There is a large drop-off between current Scottish and previously reported UK median teaching hours.

scholarly journals Institutional Support of Continuing Engineering Education

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (10) ◽  
pp. 30-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. V. Budzinskaya ◽  
V. S. Sheinbaum
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Professional Education ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Professional Standards ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Normative Documents ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Knowledge Industry ◽  
Research And Design

The article raises the issue of the need to fix in professional standards, which are the  main normative documents in the field of qualifications, the requirements concerning the mandatory  continuity of professional competencies of employees, including through the institution of additional professional education. The authors propose possible options for introducing these requirements  without changing the established format of professional standards. The article substantiates the  leading role of research and design universities as the system-forming structures in the knowledge  industry in the formation of qualification requirements for new areas and types of professional activity, the necessity to develop and implement professional retraining programs for specialists before  they officially acquire the corresponding status and the professional standards will be developed and  approved for them.

scholarly journals Project Based Learning in Teaching Communication Skills in English as a Foreign Language to Engineering Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (04) ◽  
pp. 153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yulia Yurievna Kovalyova ◽  
Alexandra Vladimirovna Soboleva ◽  
Argen Kerimkulov
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
English Language ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Written Communication

The aim of this paper is to consider project based learning as one of the most efficient and productive methods used in teaching English as a foreign language to engineering students of Russian technical universities. Special emphasis is put on communication skills to be mastered by future engineers through project based learning. It is of great importance to note that highly developed oral and written communication skills are valuable for engineering students wishing to become successful and competitive in the international arena. Hence, engineering students must be trained well to develop their communication skills in English in the field of professional activity, mainly in the science research area. An inter-disciplinary project designed on the basis of project based learning for the second year students of Tomsk Polytechnic University is reviewed in this work. The authors come to the conclusion that project based learning is an ideal teaching method since it allows engineering students to improve significantly their oral and written communication skills as well as apply the content knowledge in the field of their professional activity within the English language course.

scholarly journals The Role of Applied Mechanics in Bridging the Gaps in Prior Learning for Aspirants of Engineering Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 626
Author(s):  
Sarat Singamneni
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
University Education ◽  
First Year ◽  
Applied Mechanics ◽  
Prior Learning ◽  
Scientific Rigor ◽  
Teaching Pedagogies

Building a technology-driven world appears to be the main motivational force behind students choosing to undertake engineering studies. The first year of engineering education plays a significant role in demonstrating sufficient mathematical and scientific rigor to satisfy these motivational factors. The common applied mechanics courses play a central role in achieving this. At the same time, a vast majority of students suffer from a lack of the necessary mathematical skills and analytical orientation for various reasons. Due to different educational philosophies and teaching pedagogies, a lack of proper integration between mathematics and applied mechanics is common. Several efforts were made to build better curriculum, teaching, and learning systems, resulting in widely varied solutions, but most of them require drastically different implementation approaches. With sufficient rigor in teaching and assessment, the first-year applied mechanics (common) courses designed for engineering students can solve students’ mathematical and motivational lapses and help bridge the gaps between pre-university and university education endeavours. This paper presents evidence supporting this argument. In particular, datasets collected from the direct experiences delivering the first-year static and dynamics courses to many students over the past decade and a half are analysed to establish the proposition.

The predictive validity of entrance scores and short-term performance for long-term success in engineering education

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Faisal A. Abdelfattah ◽  
Omar S. Obeidat ◽  
Yousef A. Salahat ◽  
Maha B. BinBakr ◽  
Adam A. Al Sultan
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Admission Criteria ◽  
Ability Test ◽  
Grade Point ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis study examined predictors of cumulative grade point average (GPA) from entrance scores and successive performance during students' academic work in university engineering programs.Design/methodology/approachScores from high school coursework, the General Ability Test and the Achievement Test were examined to determine if these factors and annual successive GPAs were predictors of long-term GPA. The sample consisted of 2,031 students registered in university engineering programs during the 2013–2019 period.FindingsCorrelations were significant between entrance scores and the preparatory year GPA but not with cumulative GPA. Also, correlations were significant between year-1 GPA to year-3 GPA and the graduation GPA. Adjacent year GPA is the better predictor of later GPA. More importantly, GPA at the time of graduation is well predicted by GPAs throughout years of study within engineering programs after controlling for entrance scores. Girls outperform boys in their entrance scores and GPAs. Hence, girls are likely to obtain higher cumulative GPAs.Research limitations/implicationsThe implications of the study findings could help university faculty and administrators to understand the role of current entrance scores in predicting academic achievement of engineering students. In addition, the results could serve as a foundation to review weights of entrance scores for future developments and revisions. The findings of the study are limited to admission data for engineering students during the 2013–2019 period. Other disciplines may show a different pattern of relationships among the studied variables.Practical implicationsThe study findings have useful practical implications for admitting and monitoring student progress at engineering education programs. Results may help program curriculum development specialists and committees in designing admission criteria.Social implicationsAdministrators and faculty members are advised to consider entrance scores when providing counseling and monitoring throughout students' program-year progress. More attention should be devoted to university performance when interest is focused on later or graduation CGPA, with less emphasis on entrance scores.Originality/valueThe existed previous studies explored factors that influence the student performance in engineering programs. This study documents the role of admission criteria and successive GPAs in predicting the student graduation CGPA in engineering programs. Relationships between factors are crucial for engineering program revisions and policymaking.

Decision-Making Competencies in Engineering and Medicine

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Franz-Josef Kahlen ◽  
George Swingler ◽  
Anabela C. Alves ◽  
Shannon Flumerfelt
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Engineering Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Treatment Plan ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Field Studies ◽  
Medical Decision ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
The Difference

A number of studies conducted since the turn of the millennium have identified several deficits in engineering education; the most widely cited are deficits in critical analysis, systems thinking, and visualizing non-linear cause-effect chains. The field of engineering education has undergone a number of notable changes in response to such identified deficits but recent field studies such as Vision 2030 identified remaining shortfalls in engineering competencies as well as significant discrepancies in the perception of the severity of these deficits. While academic engineering programs feel that their programs adequately prepare engineering students for the practice of engineering, entry-level hiring managers disagree. In the practice of medicine, decision-making in practicing physicians is a critical competency which can make the difference between appropriate and incorrect diagnoses, and may affect the patient’s well-being or his life. Making a decision for an appropriate treatment plan in the face of insufficient or contradicting data points often times is compounded by the fact that time-scales can be significantly shorter than in the case of a machine design project. And while the majority of patients is discharged from hospital care in better health, medical professionals and educators are questioning their own approach to decision making in light of technological advances affecting their disciplines, and because of an improved understanding of the biochemistry and opportunities of genetic manipulations of the human body. Therefore, the field of medical decision making is also undergoing an overhaul in the education and training of medical students. This paper contrasts the current decision-making competencies that are imparted as part of the respective fields’ academic education, identifies the challenges in each discipline, and identifies opportunities for cross-pollination of better practices to develop decision-making competencies.

scholarly journals DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUTURE MANAGERS’ DEONTOLOGICAL CULTURE IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE

2020 ◽  
pp. 50-56
Author(s):  
Maryna Shepel
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Professional Ethics ◽  
English Language ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Business Writing ◽  
Project Method ◽  
Language For Specific Purposes ◽  
Personal Qualities ◽  
Culture Development

The article deals with the role of deontological culture in the process of teaching a foreign language at a technical university as a factor of future managers’ formation. The article makes an analysis of domestic and foreign scientific literature devoted to the problems of deontological culture and professional ethics. The author gives her own notion to the concepts of «future managers’ deontological culture» and «future managers’ professional ethics». When choosing a method of teaching the foreign (English) language for specific purposes, aimed at the deontological culture development, a communicative approach was chosen. In the process of deontological culture development much attention is paid to business games and role-plays. The aim of these games is to model future managers’ professional situations that are related to the development of business communication ethics, behaviour and communication culture. In the process of games we develop the skills of trusting and empathetic communication, the ability to listen to future colleagues and clients. Much attention is paid to working with professionally-oriented texts. In the process of development of future managers’ logical and critical thinking, their personal and professional qualities we use such methods as: case method, project method, brainstorming, vocabulary replenishment, microphone. The author believes that these methods of deontological culture development in the process of teaching a foreign language will contribute to: improvement of students’ personal qualities, competences development, formation of behavioural skills in managers’ professional activity according to norms and rules of deontological culture. Further study becomes the problem of future managers’ business writing skills development as a prerequisite for becoming professionals

Don't preach. Practice! Value laden statements in academic sustainability education

2010 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 74-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karel F. Mulder
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
Academic Education ◽  
Moral Issues ◽  
Content Type ◽  
University Teachers ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThe slogan “Practice what you preach” denotes that people should behave in accordance with the values that they preach. For universities that teach sustainable development (SD), it implies that these institutes should apply major SD principles themselves for example by campus greening, green purchasing, etc. But is not “Practice what you preach” a questionable slogan in that regard that university teachers should not preach values, i.e. transfer values to their students by the authority of their position? Which value statements are acceptable and which are not?Design/methodology/approachThe paper presents the results of a survey among international SD teachers in engineering on the acceptability of value laden statements. Moreover, the paper presents results regarding the values that SD teachers represent, and compares these results to survey results among engineers and engineering students.FindingsSD teachers in engineering are more critical about the role of technology in SD than their students and professional engineers are. However, there does not seem to be a real gap between students and teachers.Practical implicationsIt is argued that academic education on SD should aim at clarifying moral issues and helping students to develop their own moral positions given the values that are present in the professionals' work. Teachers' options how to address moral issues without preaching are briefly described.Originality/valueThis paper strongly argues against preaching.

Role of laboratory setup in project-based learning of freshmen electrical engineering in Pakistan

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 150-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeashan H Khan ◽  
Muhammad I Abid
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Electrical Engineering ◽  
Project Based Learning ◽  
Advanced Technology ◽  
Retention Rates ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Laboratory Setup ◽  
Modern Engineering

This paper deals with lab design tools and their impact on the learning progression of first-year electrical engineering students. Project-based learning is an innovative domain of acquiring knowledge in engineering education, where the role of experimental setup and use of advanced technology imitates real-world engineering problems. This experimentation induces a desire to learn in newly inducted students and influences their minds to understand the applied content of engineering education thus resulting in improved retention rates in engineering programs. A Likert scale is used to generate statistics which suggest that an intelligent design of engineering lab by choosing advanced learning methodology for freshmen electrical engineering students improves their ability to absorb modern engineering concepts as compared to the classical lab setup.

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