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21st century engineering learning and teaching: Malaysia perspective and direction

Syed Hassan, Syed Ahmad Helmi and Mohd. Yusof, Khairiyah and Yuan, Chin Chia Chia and Phang, Fatin Aliah and Abdul Rahman, Nor Farahwahidah and A. Samah, Narina and Zakaria, Zaki Yamani and Ghazali, Nurzal Effiyana (2022) 21st century engineering learning and teaching: Malaysia perspective and direction. In: 129th ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition: Excellence Through Diversity, ASEE 2022, 26 June 2022 - 29 June 2022, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Abstract

Engineering education in Malaysia has been recognized by the Washington Accord (WA) since 2009. The International Engineering Alliance continuously updates the requirements for the Program Learning Outcomes according to the needs of the current and future global graduating engineers that member countries of the WA must fulfill. Recent requirements emphasize lifelong learning, complex problem solving, engineering activities, and computing and digital tools capabilities geared towards developing engineering graduates ready for 21st century challenges. When brought upon engineering educators, these increasing requirements posed a dilemma because most are not trained to educate students beyond what they have experienced in their previous formal learning processes, which may be irrelevant for today's learners. In a survey conducted by the UK Royal Academy of Engineering, engineering knowledge and skills are the topmost needed challenges to meet the needs of the 4th Industrial Revolution. Thus, to transform engineering education in Malaysia, the gap between the needs of the current and future engineering requirements, with the current engineering education practices, must be determined. Hence, this study aims to identify the gaps in Malaysian engineering education towards preparing 21st century ready educators, study the transition of engineering educators in their attempt to implement innovative education, and finally develop a framework for transforming engineering education through the infusion of innovative teaching and learning to support the development of the future-ready educators. The study uses a mixed-method research design to identify the gaps through document analysis, interviews, questionnaire surveys, and focus group discussions (FGD) among engineering education providers and industry players. The data will be analyzed and triangulated to chart the gaps in engineering education toward preparing 21st century educators. Later, this result will be used to develop the directions, actions, and transformation framework. The findings from this study will be used to formulate Malaysian national policy for transforming future-ready engineering educators who can excel and be on the leading edge of knowledge, innovation, and humanistic values to develop quality engineers in the 21st century. In this work-in-progress paper, only the initial part of the research, which is part of the document analysis, under the training construct, is reported.

Item Type:Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:digital devices, engineering research, surveys
Subjects:L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:Education
ID Code:99376
Deposited By: Narimah Nawil
Deposited On:23 Feb 2023 04:16
Last Modified:23 Feb 2023 04:16

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