• DocumentCode
    2751626
  • Title

    Natural Sciences in the Information Society: First experiences

  • Author

    Natho, Nicole ; Knipping, Lars ; Köppel, Grit ; Petschik, Grit ; Schröder, Christian ; Zorn, Erhard ; Jeschke, Sabina

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Multimedia in Educ. & Res., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    14-16 April 2010
  • Firstpage
    825
  • Lastpage
    829
  • Abstract
    The goal of the GALILEA project is to design and implement innovative programs and curricula, providing solutions to the changed job specifications for engineers and natural scientists and are capable of attracting more female students to these programs. In this article we outline the design, implementation and the first evaluation results of our pilot program, the bachelor course of “Natural Sciences in the Information Society” that started in the winter term of 2007/08.
  • Keywords
    engineering education; gender issues; GALILEA project; information society; innovative program implementation; job specification; natural science; Design engineering; Educational programs; Engineering education; Information management; Job design; Job specification; Knowledge management; Mathematics; Mechanical engineering; Natural languages; e-education; engineering education; gender studies; natural sciences education;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Education Engineering (EDUCON), 2010 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Madrid
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6568-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6570-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492493
  • Filename
    5492493