Student involvement as a vehicle for empowerment: A case study of the student platform for engineering education development

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 367-378

  Delaine, David A ^a   Seif Naraghi, Sonya B ^b   Al Haque, Shahed ^c   Wojewoda, Nicolò ^d   Meninato, Yvonne ^e   DeBoer, Jennifer ^f  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Student Platform for Engineering Education Development   (Italy)

^e EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Global engineer; International; Organisation; Student

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; SPEED;

ACADEMIC FIELDS; GLOBAL ENGINEERS; INTERNATIONAL; KEY-NOTE EVENTS; ORGANISATION; STUDENT ENGAGEMENT; STUDENT INVOLVEMENTS; STUDENT PARTICIPATION;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77954668172     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043797.2010.483277     Document Type: Article

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