Integration of historical content into engineering teaching: Possible benefits and perceptions

2007 IEEE Applied Electromagnetics Conference, AEMC 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Selvan, Krishnasamy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION; TEACHING;

EDUCATIONAL APPROACHES; HISTORICAL CONTENTS; HUMAN FACES; MALAYSIA; UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM;

EDUCATION;

EID: 56349160136     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AEMC.2007.4638053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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