Why research-informed teaching in engineering education? A review of the evidence

European Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 323-335

  Bubou, Gordon Monday ^a   Offor, Ibebietei Temple ^a   Bappa, Abubakar Saddiq ^b  

^a NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b ABUBAKAR TAFAWA BALEWA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

active learning; Engineering education; evidence based practice; evidence based teaching; learning communities; scholarship of teaching and learning; scientific teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; TEACHING;

ACTIVE LEARNING; EVIDENCE-BASED; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICES; LEARNING COMMUNITY; SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING AND LEARNING;

EDUCATION;

EID: 85020316586     PISSN: 03043797     EISSN: 14695898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043797.2016.1158793     Document Type: Article

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