Infusing Twenty-First-Century Skills into Engineering Education

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 335-346

  Stawiski, Sarah ^a   Germuth, Amy ^b   Yarborough, Preston ^c   Alford, Vernal ^d   Parrish, Leotis ^d  

^a Center for Creative Leadership   (United States)

^b EvalWorks LLC   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP   (United States)

^d North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering education; Leadership development; Program evaluation; Project based learning; Twenty first century skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990932170     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-016-9477-2     Document Type: Article

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