Challenging the norm in engineering education: Understanding organizational culture and curricular change

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1723-1742

  Merton, Prudence ^a   Froyd, Jeff ^a   Clark, M Carolyn ^a   Richardson, Jim ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURSE MATERIALS; ORGANIZATION CULTURE; STUDENT LEARNING; TEACHING STRATEGIES;

CURRICULA; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESEARCH; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 5444257015     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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