TY - GEN
T1 - Engineering secondary curriculum
T2 - 2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCC 2011
AU - Said, Raa
AU - Shamsi, Abdullatif Al
PY - 2011/6/9
Y1 - 2011/6/9
N2 - Today's knowledge-based economy demands continuous learning and innovation. The demand for specialized engineering expertise to run national strategic projects nowadays is more than ever, and the need to introduce engineering education at younger ages seems to be an ever-increasing urge in response to the challenges of the 21st century. Educational systems have to be reshaped in order to reduce the gap between scholastic education and real life experience. Career Technical Education (CTE) may be the right answer. The CTE model teaches the academic rigorous core curriculum, along with hands-on real life technical and professional skills. The Institute of Applied Technology (IAT) has adopted the CTE model in which core academic knowledge is integrated with technical and professional skills in relation to career clusters that are designed and customized to meet local community needs. The Institute's philosophy is quality education founded on a standards-based curriculum, with specific and measurable outcomes.
AB - Today's knowledge-based economy demands continuous learning and innovation. The demand for specialized engineering expertise to run national strategic projects nowadays is more than ever, and the need to introduce engineering education at younger ages seems to be an ever-increasing urge in response to the challenges of the 21st century. Educational systems have to be reshaped in order to reduce the gap between scholastic education and real life experience. Career Technical Education (CTE) may be the right answer. The CTE model teaches the academic rigorous core curriculum, along with hands-on real life technical and professional skills. The Institute of Applied Technology (IAT) has adopted the CTE model in which core academic knowledge is integrated with technical and professional skills in relation to career clusters that are designed and customized to meet local community needs. The Institute's philosophy is quality education founded on a standards-based curriculum, with specific and measurable outcomes.
KW - Applied Technology
KW - Career Technical Education
KW - Engineering Secondary Education
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U2 - 10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752588
DO - 10.1109/IEEEGCC.2011.5752588
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79957977600
SN - 9781612841199
T3 - 2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCC 2011
SP - 49
EP - 52
BT - 2011 IEEE GCC Conference and Exhibition, GCC
Y2 - 19 February 2011 through 22 February 2011
ER -