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Development of Introductory Engineering Design Course to Improve Creative Thinking Ability  

Kim Lee-Hyung (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kongiu National University)
Lee Byung-Sik (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Kongiu National University)
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Journal of Engineering Education Research / v.8, no.3, 2005 , pp. 26-35 More about this Journal
Abstract
Currently social and economical situations of the world including Korea are tremendously changing because of developments of various technologies including information technology. It is well known that the current world is society of globalization, knowledge and information. In order to accomodate the engineering education of Korea to the world standards, many researches about engineering education should be studied. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to develope the course of 'Introduction to Engineering Design' for undergraduate students in engineering schools. The graduates from the engineering schools should have various communication skills such as presentation, report preparation, language skills, etc. Also the graduates have to change their mind from passivity to creativity for their works. The other important things for graduates are improvement of the teamwork skills in the team and improvement of project management skills. Therefore, this paper will present the processes of the course development and the contents of the course concerning teamwork, inventive thinking, project management, and presentation skills.
Keywords
Introduction to Engineering Design; Project Management; Communication Skill; Team and Teamwork; Inventive Thinking;
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