On Designing Engineering Education: Lessons Learned at Mudd Design Workshop IV

摘要

This paper reports on the Mudd Design Workshop IV held at Harvey Mudd College (HMC) in July 2003 to discuss a broad variety of issues on engineering education. Sessions were devoted to: ABET's EC 2000; barriers to change; learning and motivation; the many roles of design; and the ethos of and ethics in both education and practice. Major emergent themes included: the need for engineers to educate the public and their policy-makers about the processes of engineering; that research into engineering learning must be conducted by (at least in part) and recognized by engineering faculty; that design can motivate and enhance the place of values and ethics in undergraduate curricula; and that positive change is emerging in engineering education, notwithstanding the formidable and enduring barriers to such change. Before leaving, participants converged on a set of goals that they would try to advance―both individually and collectively.