• DocumentCode
    3201756
  • Title

    Developing an engineering education ecosystem in a pre-engineering intensive English program

  • Author

    Rindfleisch, William ; Lau, Laura ; Robinson, Lynne

  • Author_Institution
    Adv. Univ. Placement Program, Pet. Inst., Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    4-6 April 2011
  • Firstpage
    880
  • Lastpage
    887
  • Abstract
    Both the depth and breadth needed in engineering education today can be addressed even before students enter engineering courses. This is particularly significant for English-medium engineering programs in countries where English is a foreign language. This paper describes how, with an ecological perspective, the environment of engineering education can be incorporated in an intensive English program which bridges the gap between secondary and tertiary education.
  • Keywords
    educational courses; engineering education; engineering courses; engineering education ecosystem; preengineering intensive English program; secondary education; tertiary education; Companies; Ecosystems; Engineering education; Materials; Petroleum; Petroleum industry; ecological perspective;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Amman
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-642-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773249
  • Filename
    5773249