An inclusive engineering curriculum: How to persuade and assist your colleagues to develop one

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 2909-2924

  Mills, Julie ^a   Ayre, Mary ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INFRASTRUCTURE; PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION;

CURRICULA; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SANITATION; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STUDENTS; TEACHING; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8744260834     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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