Work in progress - spiral curriculum approach to reformulate engineering curriculum

Author

Lohani, Vinod K. ; Mallikarjunan, Kumar ; Wolfe, Mary Leigh ; Wildman, Terry ; Connor, Jeff ; Muffo, John ; Lo, Jenny ; Knott, Tamara W. ; Loganathan, G.V. ; Goff, Richard ; Chang, Mike ; Cundiff, John ; Adel, Greg ; Agblevor, Foster ; Gregg, Mike ; Vaugh

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. Educ., Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA

fYear

2005

fDate

19-22 Oct. 2005

Lastpage

1

Abstract

A theme-based spiral curriculum approach is being adopted to initiate the department-level reform (DLR) of the freshman engineering and the bioprocess engineering curricula at Virginia Tech. A large number of engineering faculty members are collaborating with experts in educational psychology and academic assessment to accomplish the objectives of this 3-year NSF supported project that began in September 2004. Successful implementation of the spiral approach will be used as a model for incorporating similar reforms in other engineering departments and elsewhere

Keywords

educational courses; educational institutions; engineering education; psychology; Virginia Tech; academic assessment; bioprocess engineering curricula; department-level reform; educational psychology; engineering curriculum; faculty members; freshman engineering; theme-based spiral curriculum approach; Biological systems; Collaboration; Computer science; Educational programs; Engineering education; Minerals; Psychology; Spirals; Systems engineering and theory; Systems engineering education; Assessment; Bioprocess engineering; Department-level reform; Freshman engineering; Spiral curriculum; eportfolio;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education, 2005. FIE '05. Proceedings 35th Annual Conference

Conference_Location

Indianopolis, IN

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9077-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2005.1612007

Filename

1612007