Ensuring Quality in Professional Education Volume II: Engineering Pedagogy and International Knowledge Structures

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This book examines quality teaching in professional education in the fields of engineering and international knowledge structures. The second of a two-volume series, the editors and contributors structure the book around case studies which highlight the elements constituting good practice within professional education. While there is no one specific route to prepare well-qualified professionals, this volume explores the decisions the academics responsible for delivering this education make to ensure quality curricula. Ultimately, the key to effective preparations rests with the value employers place on the focus, emphasis and balance between the academic and practical in relation to their own expectations for skills that graduates must have. The second volume in this collection will appeal to students and scholars of professional pedagogy, and engineering pedagogy more specifically. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii How about Professionalism, Professions and Standards: The Creation of Acculturated Professionals (Fernando F. Padró, Megan Y. C. A. Kek, Nona Press, Karen Trimmer, Jonathan H. Green, Michael Hawke et al.)....Pages 1-28 Evaluating the Student Experience: A Critical Review of the Use of Surveys to Enhance the Student Experience (Rhona Sharpe)....Pages 29-45 ‘Quality’ in an Era of Austerity: Challenges for Irish Universities (Marie Clarke)....Pages 47-69 Accessing Expert Understanding: The Value of Visualising Knowledge Structures in Professional Education (Ian M. Kinchin)....Pages 71-89 Serving Ethically: A Developing Country Perspective on Quality Education for Professional Practice (Jeanette Baird)....Pages 91-113 Interrogating the Value of Learning by Extension in Enhancing Professional Quality: The Case of Australian and Venezuelan Engineers (David Thorpe, Emilio A. Anteliz, P. A. Danaher)....Pages 115-137 Developing Engineering Knowledge and Skills: The Advanced Engineering Project Management Course at USQ (David Thorpe)....Pages 139-160 Designing Quality Engineering Curricula to Produce Industry Ready Graduates: A Whole of Course Approach (Neal Lake, Julienne Holt)....Pages 161-182 Incorporating Sustainable Engineering (SEng) Within a Course Featuring Social, Political and Economic Contexts (Ian Craig, David Thorpe, Tara Newman)....Pages 183-200 The Transformative Dimensions of Professional Curriculum Quality Enhancement (Sara Hammer)....Pages 201-213 Back Matter ....Pages 215-294