Empowering first year students by immersion in a "Grand challenges" course on sustainable development

JOM

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 8-9

  Apelian, Diran ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CURRICULA; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY SOURCE; FIRST YEAR STUDENTS; FIRST-YEAR PROGRAMS; GRAND CHALLENGE; SOCIETAL ISSUES; STUDENT ENGAGEMENT;

STUDENTS;

EID: 77954793389     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: 15431851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-010-0064-0     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Undergraduate Studies-Great Problems Seminars, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, http://www.wpi.edu/academics/Undergraduate/FirsfYear/ gps.html
2. Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving Public Understanding of Engineering (Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2008), ISBN-10:0-309-11934-11940