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
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