Abstract
The new design and innovation programme at DTU is challenging some of the standard concepts dominating most engineering educations. The programme, its background, context and basic educational ideas are presented and discussed in this paper. To build competences that match the need for innovative and design oriented engineers in industry and society has turned out to challenge a number of the standard – and often taken for granted – concepts in engineering education still dominated world wide by rather strict norms and concepts of learning that do not challenge the students creativity and innovative ideas. In this respect this new engineering education may point also to some of the more generally needed reforms of engineering education, of which traces and seeds can be found in many engineering universities.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Crossing Design Boundaries |
| Place of Publication | London, UK |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd. |
| Publication date | 2005 |
| Pages | 401-406 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0-415-39118-0 |
| Publication status | Published - 2005 |
| Event | 3rd Engineering & Product Design Education International Conference : 15 and 16 September - Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland Duration: 1 Jan 2005 → … Conference number: 3 |
Conference
| Conference | 3rd Engineering & Product Design Education International Conference : 15 and 16 September |
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| Number | 3 |
| City | Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Period | 01/01/2005 → … |
Keywords
- design engineering
- project based learning
- subject integration
- curricula