Beyond technicalities: Expanding engineering thinking

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 12-18

  Beder, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING THINKING; NEW EDUCATIONAL APPROACH;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENGINEERING; ENGINEERS; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0032665923     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(1999)125:1(12)     Document Type: Article

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