Interdisciplinary Approach in Engineering Education

dc.creator	Anda Zeidmane
dc.creator	Sarmite Cernajeva
dc.date	2011-04-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:27:21Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:27:21Z
dc.identifier	10.3991/ijep.v1i1.1604
dc.identifier	2192-4880
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/8599b3ebdbda41979f2668300dae98af
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30467
dc.description	<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">The analysis of the scientific literature available on the types of general competences and their classification caused the authors to conclude that it is necessary to implement interdisciplinary approach in engineering education to develop competences necessary for engineers to make them competitive in the labour market. The attention should be paid to a professional foreign language, computer literacy and educational psychology recommendations. To improve professional foreign language skills, CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) method should be integrated in the study process of engineering education. In order to develop information literacy competence, it is important to create a single e-study environment. The academic staff, developing study subjects for engineering programmes, should focus on the study content and study methods. As regards the content, the compromise should be sought between fundamental acquisition of the knowledge of the subject matter, the know-how of the application of this knowledge as well as the use of brand new software in the calculations. The paper presents the examples of the application of the interdisciplinary approach in the universities, where the authors of the paper are affiliated: the LUA (Latvia University of Agriculture) and the RTU (Riga Technical University), respectively.</span>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	kassel university press GmbH
dc.relation	http://online-journals.org/index.php/i-jep/article/view/1604
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2192-4880
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy, Vol 1, Iss 1, Pp 36-41 (2011)
dc.subject	interdisciplinary
dc.subject	approach
dc.subject	engineering
dc.subject	education
dc.subject	clil
dc.subject	information
dc.subject	literacy
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	DOAJ:General and Civil Engineering
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	DOAJ:General and Civil Engineering
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
dc.subject	TA1-2040
dc.subject	Technology
dc.subject	T
dc.title	Interdisciplinary Approach in Engineering Education
dc.type	article