Creativity and the future of engineering education: making the strange familiar

Ahmad, Zuraida and Halim, Zahurin (2013) Creativity and the future of engineering education: making the strange familiar. In: International Conference on Engineering Education 2013, 22nd-25th Dec. 2013, Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

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Abstract

Universities are increasingly expected to provide more opportunities that foster and nurture creativity in engineering students. It is an ongoing critical issue, in the sense that it helps, meets the expectation for professional engineers, as well ad completes the intellectual development of individuals. The importance of implementing creativity education in the lecture however has not been fully recognised and implemented. Therefore. this paper is trying to examines the meaning of creativity and the technique (teaching pedagogy) that can be implemented in teaching it to engineering students without burdening them with extra workload. In doing so, the authors are reporting the trial technique of nurturing creativity in the classroom during the lecture and offer strategies to make creativity a part of engineering curriculum.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	3254/35553 (ISBN: 978-967-226 5995-09-5)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	creativity, engineering education, engineers and teaching pedagogy
Subjects:	T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering
Depositing User:	Prof Ir Dr Zuraida Ahmad
Date Deposited:	10 Feb 2014 16:45
Last Modified:	11 Feb 2014 01:00
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/35553

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