Adapting to a United Kingdom Undergraduate Engineering Pedagogical Approach While Teaching at a Sino-Foreign Joint Educational Programme

Meehan, K. (2015) Adapting to a United Kingdom Undergraduate Engineering Pedagogical Approach While Teaching at a Sino-Foreign Joint Educational Programme. In: 2015 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Seattle, WA, USA, 14-17 June 2015, 26.153.1-26.153.20. (doi: 10.18260/p.23492)

Abstract

An American’s view of the differences and similarities between the United Kingdom and Chinese approaches to undergraduate engineering education with an acknowledgement of the approaches used in the United States will be presented. This view is formed from her experiences at the University of Glasgow (UoG), the joint educational programme (JEP) between the University of Glasgow and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), and at three institutions of higher learning (IHLs) in the United States. Comparisons include the curricula, student and instructor expectations, instructional techniques, assessment of learning, programme accreditation and quality assurance, privacy of information, and parents’ rights and engagement at UoG, UESTC, and the three US IHLs at which the author has taught. Observations of the author’s experience teaching at the UoG-UESTC JEP and as programme director are made, which may be of use to academics who may be interested in a similar position at a Sino-foreign joint programme or at university in the United Kingdom and for those interested in developing a joint educational programme between institutions that are geographically and philosophically apart.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Meehan, Professor Kathleen
• Authors: Meehan, K.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering