Expanding the college classroom: Developing engineering skills through international service-learning projects

World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008: Ahupua'a - Proceedings of the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2008

Volumn 316, Issue , 2008, Pages

  McCormick, Mary ^a   Swan, Christopher W ^a   Matson, Douglas ^a   Gute, David M ^a   Durant, John ^a  

^a Tufts University   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering education; International factors

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION BOARD FOR ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGIES; ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS; ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS; BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; COLLEGE CLASSROOM; COLLEGE EDUCATION; COMMUNITY SERVICES; CREATIVE ABILITIES; ECUADOR; EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS; EL SALVADOR; ENGINEER OF 2020; ENGINEERING CRITERION; ENGINEERING CURRICULUM; ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS; ENGINEERING SERVICE; ENGINEERING SKILLS; FEASIBLE SOLUTION; FUTURE CHALLENGES; INTERNATIONAL FACTORS; INTERNATIONAL SERVICES; LEARNING OBJECTIVES; NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING; PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS; PERSONAL GROWTH; PROBLEM FORMULATION; PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS; PROBLEM SOLVING TECHNIQUE; PROJECT-BASED; SERVICE LEARNING; SERVICE LEARNING PROJECT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; TUFTS UNIVERSITY; WATER INFRASTRUCTURE;

ACCREDITATION; CURRICULA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION COMPUTING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TEACHING; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

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EID: 79251506945     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40976(316)151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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