Becoming a professional engineering educator: A new role for a new era

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 185-194

  Fink, L Dee ^a   Ambrose, Susan ^b   Wheeler, Daniel ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d Hester Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering education; Faculty development; Professional development

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PERFORMANCE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; STUDENTS;

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING EDUCATORS; SCIENCE COURSES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 14244252221     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00837.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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