Inculcating CDIO Skills At Pre-Degree Level

Inculcating CDIO Skills At Pre-Degree Level

M. Al-Atabi (2012).  Inculcating CDIO Skills At Pre-Degree Level. 4.

CDIO engineering programmes aim at producing engineers who are ready to add value to their employers and the society at large. This is typically achieved through a balanced combination of theory and hands on practice. A key to the success of any educational programme is the quality of students’ intake. In Malaysia, students planning on joining engineering programmes need to take science subjects at their pre-university studies. Good performance at subjects like Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry is highly desirable entry qualification. As a result, students who join an engineering programme may have very little preparation for the hands-on project-based learning nature for a CDIO based engineering programme.

In order to address this, the school of engineering at Taylor's University (Malaysia) has developed a one-year Foundation in Engineering programme that contains a suitable handsoncomponent and aims at developing students’ global awareness and ability to think and take ownership of their own development.

 

Authors (New): 
Mushtak Al-Atabi
Pages: 
4
Affiliations: 
Taylor’s University, Malaysia
Keywords: 
Project based learning
Curriculum Design
foundation in engineering
Year: 
2012
Reference: 
Edward F. Crawley, William A. Lucas, Johan Malmqvist, Doris R. Brodeur. “The CDIO Syllabus v2.0 An Updated Statement of Goals for Engineering Education”. Proceedings of the 7th International CDIO Conference, Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, June 20 – 23, 2011.: 
The Four Pillars of Learning. http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/networks/globalnetworks/aspnet/about-us/strategy/the-four-pillars-of-learning/: 
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