Engineering education quality assurance: a global perspective

The goal of this book is to provide a global perspective on the past, presentand future of engineering education quality assurance. The objectives are to describe the history of engineering education quality assurance within a global higher education context, provide the first world-wide review of exisiting quality assurance schemes in engineering education and the issues related to their development and implementation, and present a generic Global Model of Engineering Quality Assurance based on the lessons learned in the past that may guide future developments in engineering education quality assurance. Provides aglobal perspective on engineering education quality assurance Covers the fundamental elements of existing quality assurance schemes and the issues surrounding the development and implementation of these schemes Provides a comprehensive review of the past and present efforts related to quality assurance in engineering education INDICE: From the contents The Background of Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Engineering Education.- Quality Assurance in European Engineering Education: Present and Future Challenges.- EUR-ACE: The European AccreditationSystem of Engineering Education and Its Global Context.- Toward Consensus Global Standards for Quality Assurance of Engineering Programmes.- Quality Assurance in the Preparation of Technical Professionals: the ABET Perspective.- Quality Assurance in Engineering Education and Modernisation of Higher Education in Russia.- Quality Assurance in Vietnam's Engineering Education.- Quality Assurance for the Engineering Para-professional in Thailand.- Quality Assurance inHigher Education in Chile: National and Engineering Dimensions.- Quality Assurance of Engineering Education in Sweden.- Assessment of Engineering EducationQuality: An Indian Perspective.- Quality Issues Facing Malaysian Higher Learning Institutions: A Case Study of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.

• ISBN: 978-1-4419-0554-3
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 350
• Fecha Publicación: 01/08/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés