Understanding the current work and values of professional engineers: Implications for engineering education

ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Anderson, Kevin ^a   Courter, Sandra ^a   McGlamery, Thomas ^a   Nathans Kelly, Traci ^a   Nicometo, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Education implications; Engineering practice; Identity; Values

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS; COMMUNICATION SKILLS; ENGINEERING EDUCATORS; ENGINEERING FIRMS; ENGINEERING MANAGERS; ENGINEERING PRACTICE; GROUNDED THEORY APPROACH; IDENTITY; PRACTICING ENGINEERS; PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER; SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE; UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION; VALUES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; HEALTH RISKS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEACHING;

ENGINEERING;

EID: 69249174036     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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