The socially responsible engineer: Assessing student attitudes of roles and responsibilities

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 444-474

  Lathem, Sandra A ^a   Neumann, Maureen D ^a   Hayden, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum reform; Social responsibility; Systems approach

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SURVEYS; SYSTEM THEORY; TEACHING;

CURRICULAR REFORMS; CURRICULUM REFORM; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDES; SYSTEMS APPROACH;

STUDENTS;

EID: 80051495517     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2011.tb00022.x     Document Type: Article

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