This book compiles proven strategies and information on civil engineering education and the skills necessary for successful practice of civil engineering such as critical thinking, design thinking, leadership, and communication skills. It also addresses other relevant topics including professional ethics, global perspectives, assessment, recruitment, retention, and more. It is designed so that each chapter can be used separately or in combination with other chapters to help enhance and foster student learning as well as development of skills required for engineering practice.
Features
- Includes overviews of successful academic approaches for each topic including implementation examples in every chapter
- Explains how assessment and the resulting data can be used for holistic evaluation and improvement of student learning
- Addresses the complexities of moral and professional ethics in engineering
- Highlights the importance of adopting a global perspective and the successful strategies that have been used or considered in educating resilient, globally minded engineers
Compendium of Civil Engineering Education Strategies: Case Studies and Examples serves as a useful guide for engineering faculty, practitioners, and graduate students considering a career in academia. Academic faculty and working professionals will find the content helpful as instructional and reference material in developing and assessing career skills. It is also useful for intellectually curious students who want a deeper understanding and appreciation of the need for professional development and life-long learning.
Author(s): Hudson Jackson, Kassim Tarhini
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 244
City: Cham
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Authors
Chapter 1 Global Perspectives in Civil Engineering Education
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Developing Global Competency and Resilience
1.3 Global Perspective in the Civil Engineering Program at USCGA
1.3.1 Technical Component
1.3.2 Leadership Component
1.3.3 Ethics Component
1.3.4 Cultural/Diversity Component
1.4 Closing Thoughts
References
Chapter 2 Critical and Design Thinking across the Civil Engineering Curriculum
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Background on Critical Thinking Concepts
2.3 Critical/Design Thinking and Bloom’s Taxonomy
2.4 Critical Thinking within ABET Student Outcomes
2.5 Case Study: Examples of Implementation at USCGA
2.5.1 Case Studies
2.5.2 Cross-Course-Collaboration
2.5.3 Design-Build-Test Project
2.5.4 Capstone Project Design
2.6 Closing Thoughts
References
Chapter 3 Development of Leadership Skills
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Framework for Leadership
3.3 Leadership Development at USCGA
3.3.1 Case Study: Leadership Development in the Civil Engineering Curriculum
3.4 Closing Thoughts
References
Chapter 4 Communication and Information Literacy Skills
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Examples of Communication Skills Development Strategies
4.3 IL Development
4.4 Case Study: Communication and IL Skills Development at USCGA
4.4.1 Writing across the Civil Engineering Curriculum
4.4.2 IL across the Civil Engineering Curriculum
4.5 Campus Resources-Partnership with the Library
4.6 Closing Thoughts
References
Chapter 5 Professional Ethics
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Professional Societies Efforts in Ethics Education
5.3 Academic Examples of Addressing Engineering Ethics
5.4 Ethics across the Curriculum at USCGA
5.4.1 Ethics Luncheons and Forum
5.4.2 Extra Curriculum Activities
5.5 Closing Thoughts
References
Chapter 6 Assessment of Student Learning
6.1 Introduction
6.2 End of Course Review
6.2.1 Holistic Assessment Data Analysis
6.3 Critical Thinking/Design Thinking Assessment
6.4 Information Literacy and Communication Skills Assessment
6.5 Leadership Skills Assessment
References
Chapter 7 Engineering Outreach: Recruitment and Retention
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Career Imprinting
7.3 Implementation Challenges
7.3.1 Traditional Classroom Scheduling
7.3.2 Resources
7.3.3 Professional Staff Development
7.3.4 Federal Education Policies
7.3.5 Parental Resistance
7.4 Example of USCGA Outreach Program (2004–2018)
7.5 Closing Thoughts
References
Appendix 1: Code of Ethics: The American Society of Civil Engineers
Appendix 2: Multistory Building Design Project
Appendix 3: Soil Mechanics Technical Paper Guidelines
Appendix 4: Design Competency Survey
Appendix 5: Common Grading Rubric (Geotechnical Engineering and Reinforced Concrete Design courses)
Appendix 6: End of Semester Survey (Geotechnical Engineering Design course)
Appendix 7: AROW School Lesson Plan Template
Appendix 8: Example AROW Lesson Plan on Fundamentals of Buoyancy
Appendix 9: Example AROW Lesson Plan on Fundamentals of Torque and Gears
Index
