• DocumentCode
    1247255
  • Title

    Professional skills for first-year engineering students

  • Author

    Blair, G.M. ; Robinson, C.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Edinburgh Univ., UK
  • Volume
    4
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1995
  • fDate
    2/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    23
  • Lastpage
    28
  • Abstract
    A new component has been introduced to the first-year engineering course at the University of Edinburgh (UK) aiming to promote study skills under the guise of professional engineering. This article looks at the philosophy and implementation of this new component and relates the authors´ experience so far in the hope that this may benefit other educators working on similar projects
  • Keywords
    educational courses; engineering education; professional aspects; teaching; UK; education; engineering course; professional engineering; professional skills; students; study skills; university;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering Science and Education Journal
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0963-7346
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/esej:19950107
  • Filename
    368497