'The Disobedient Engineer' to be presented by Douglas Melton
Regardless of your college, department, or courses you teach -- you will appreciate how three mental habits are disrupting higher education across the country. Within engineering education, faculty members have become intentional about three aspects of a student's mindset: (1) stimulating curiosity, (2) helping students develop insights by making connections and (3) orienting students toward creating value.
These are not skills, but elements of mindset. Further, they are invaluable for success within any profession. While the three elements may seem to be obvious educational aspirations, they are often ignored as explicit educational goals because they are difficult to pin down or measure. You'll likely be interested in the answers to four questions:
What happens when educators become serious about developing a student's mindset alongside skillset?
What are we learning about the development of mindset?
What's happening to the faculty members themselves?
What are the challenges when educating 21st century engineers?
Twenty-eight university partners have networked to find the answers. Examples illustrate the important reasons behind this national initiative.