Research Catalog

Title

Engineering education quality assurance : a global perspective / edited by Arun S. Patil, Peter J. Gray.

Publication

London : Springer, 2009.

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Additional Authors

• Patil, Arun S.
• Gray, Peter, 1946-

Description

xiv, 316 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

• Engineering > Study and teaching (Higher)
• Engineering schools > Standards
• Ausbildung
• Ingenieur
• Qualitätssicherung

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Overview / history -- 1. The background of quality assurance in higher education and engineering education / Peter J. Grey, Arun Patil, and Gary Codner -- Issues and challenges (global / regional perspective) -- 2. Quality assurance in European engineering education : present and future challenges / John Cowan -- 3. EUR-ACE : the European accreditation system of engineering education and its global context / Giuliano Augusti -- 4. Toward consensus global standards for quality assurance of engineering programmes / Hu Hanrahan -- 5. Quality assurance in the preparation of technical professionals : the ABET perspective / George D. Peterson -- Issues and challenges (country / institutional perspectives) -- 6. Quality assurance in engineering education and modernization of higher education in Russia / A. Chuchalin, O. Boev, and A. Kriushova -- 7. Quality assurance in Vietnam's engineering education / Hao V. Le and Kim D. Nguyen -- 8. Quality assurance for the engineering paraprofessional in Tailand / Kalayanee Jitgarun, Paiboon Kiattikomol, and Anuvat Tongsakul -- 9. Quality assurance in higher education in Chile : national and engineering dimensions / Mario F. Letelier, Patricio V. Poblete, Rosario Carrasco, and Ximena Barda -- 10. Quality assurance of engineering education in Sweden / Johan Malmqvist and Aija Sadurskis -- 11. Assessment of engineering education quality : an Indian perspective / R. Natarajan -- 12. Quality issues facing Malaysian higher learning institutions : a case study of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia / M. Puteh, S.M. Daud, N.H. Mahmood, and N.A. Azli -- 13. Quality assurance in engineering education in the United States / Lance Schachterle, Chrysanthe Demetry, and John A. Orr -- 14. Quality assurance in engineering education : an all-around perspective / Kin Wai Michael Siu -- 15. Engineering education quality assurance : the essential pillar of higher education reform in Lithuania / A.V. Valiulis and D. Valiulis
• General approaches and techniques -- 16. Using a measure of student holistic development for quality assurance / Larry A. Braskamp -- 17. CDIO and quality assurance : using the standards for continuous program improvement / Doris R. Brodeur and Edward F. Crawley -- 18. Using soft systems thinking to confront the politics of innovation in engineering education / Henk Eijkman, Obada Kayali, and Stephen Yeomans -- 19. Real-time quality control methods in PBL-based engineering education / Egon Moesby and Palle Qvist -- 20 Enhancing the quality of the engineering student experience / Chenicheri Sid Nair and Arun Patil -- 21. Taxonomies of engineering competencies and quality assurance in engineering education / L.C. Woolacott -- Future direction -- 21. Internal and external quality assurance approaches for improvement and accountability : a conceptual framework / Peter J. Gray and Arrun Patil.

ISBN

• 9781441905543
• 1441905545
• 1441905553
• 9781441905550

OCLC

• ocn416292125
• 416292125
• SCSB-9127282

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library