Challenges and strategies for electrical engineering education

Author

Bernhard, Jennifer T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Hampshire Univ., Durham, NH, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1997

Firstpage

1459

Abstract

This essay describes the creation and integration of `active´ teaching methods into an electrical engineering curriculum. Active teaching pushes students to do more than just listen and take notes. Rather, these strategies engage students in a variety of activities that encourage the development of their technical and problem-solving skills, including analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Examples of level-specific teaching activities for the freshman introductory course through senior and graduate-level electromagnetic electives are presented

Keywords

electrical engineering education; teaching; active teaching methods; electrical engineering education; freshman introductory course; graduate-level electromagnetic electives; level-specific teaching activities; problem-solving skills; senior-level electromagnetic electives; technical skills; Assembly; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Electrical engineering; Electrical engineering education; Engineering education; Engineering profession; Industrial training; Problem-solving; Signal synthesis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1997. 27th Annual Conference. Teaching and Learning in an Era of Change. Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4086-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1997.632708

Filename

632708