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Simulating the Workplace in an Engineering Technology Course: A Rhetorical Model
Author(s) -
Sullivan Francis J.,
Baren Robert
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.896
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 2168-9830
pISSN - 1069-4730
DOI - 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1997.tb00296.x
Subject(s) - curriculum , rhetorical question , course (navigation) , work (physics) , technical writing , engineering , engineering ethics , engineering management , curriculum development , engineering education , pedagogy , sociology , higher education , political science , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , law , aerospace engineering
Business and accrediting agencies have put increasing pressure on engineering technology programs to integrate job‐related skills into the undergraduate curriculum. In response, many schools have incorporated practices such as memo writing, group work, problem solving, and case studies into existing courses. But, because these innovations have usually been added, piecemeal, to courses, the technical content of these courses is being squeezed. Our paper describes our development of a module that synthesizes these separate practices so as to address the concerns of business while keeping technical content at the center of the curriculum.