DocumentCode
304958
Title
Educational development in engineering at the University of Natal
Author
Reynolds, R.F.N.
Author_Institution
Fac. of Eng., Natal Univ., Dalbridge, South Africa
Volume
1
fYear
1996
fDate
24-27 Sep 1996
Firstpage
506
Abstract
South Africa urgently needs more engineers, particularly from the black community. Experience shows that black students tend to have problems with engineering at university level. This paper tries to identify some of the more obvious problems and shows how the University of Natal is reacting to this challenge
Keywords
educational courses; engineering education; teaching; South Africa; University of Natal; engineering education development; students; undergraduate engineering programmes; Africa; Design engineering; Electronic mail; Engineering profession; Modems; Power engineering and energy; Power generation economics; Power system economics; USA Councils; Uncertainty;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
AFRICON, 1996., IEEE AFRICON 4th
Conference_Location
Stellenbosch
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3019-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AFRCON.1996.563165
Filename
563165
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