Interaction Between the Practice of Engineering and the Academic Education of Engineers

Beaty, A . N . S.; Daneshjoo, Farhad; Amoukhteh, Ramin

doi:10.22034/irphe.1996.711642

Interaction Between the Practice of Engineering and the Academic Education of Engineers

Authors

A . N . S. Beaty ¹

Farhad Daneshjoo ²

Ramin Amoukhteh ³

¹ Department of Civil Engineering, Royal Military College of Canada

² Department of Civil Engineering, Tarbiat Modarress University, and Head of IRPHE

³ Academic Member of Institute for Research and Planning in Higher Education

10.22034/irphe.1996.711642

Abstract

Engineering education and training at a university level serves as a preparation for engineering practice, thus teaching and practice are closely inter-related. The current ''publish or perish" policies of North American universities have resulted in a divorce between teaching and practice. Steps to redress the balance are thus proposed in this article.

Keywords

Engineering

university

education

practical work

cohesion and coalition