1st Edition
The Interdisciplinary Future of Engineering Education Breaking Through Boundaries in Teaching and Learning
Part 1. Setting the scene
1.1 The case for new pedagogies in engineering education
1.2 Why go to university? The past and future of engineering education
Part 2. Recent innovations in delivering effective engineering education
2.1 Pedagogical and cost advantages of a multidisciplinary approach to delivering practical teaching
2.2 Engineering with a human face
2.3 Interdisciplinary project weeks
2.4 Towards improved engineering education in the United Kingdom
Part 3. Linking education to employability
3.1 Efficiency of teaching core knowledge and employability competencies in chemical engineering education
3.2 Personal and professional skills: something they do teach you at university
3.3 Breaking boundaries with liberal studies in engineering
Part 4. The affective side of education
4.1 Through the lenses of the two I’s: implement or innovate?
4.2 Enterprise education: outside classrooms, inside students’ hearts
4.3 Enhancing and managing group creativity through off-task breaks
Part 5. Concluding remarks: the way ahead
Biography
Plato Kapranos is a Senior University Teacher at the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, The University of Sheffield. He teaches Personal & Professional Skills, Innovative Approaches in Teaching and Learning, and Creativity, Innovation, Enterprise, and Ethics for Engineers for both undergraduates and postgraduates.
