Universiti Teknologi Malays (UTM) as Malaysia’s premier university in engineering and technology, has been actively involved in conducting training, research and seminars in engineering education. The Centre for Engineering Education (CEE) is a centre that promotes the advancement of Engineering Education, particularly in the South East Asian region. The centre also aims to provide a platform for engineering educators, students, policy makers and the public in general to be involved in the improvement of Engineering Education, to contribute to the area, as well as to assist each other to collaborate and learn to increase knowledge and skills in Engineering Education.
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Director,
Assoc. Prof. Dr Khairiyah Mohd Yusof
PHD IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION
Engineering education is about how we can best educate future engineers. Therefore, the research areas for our PhD and MPhil programmes include the following components which can be investigated independently or integrated with other areas of inquiry:
Engineering Learning Approaches
– Research on engineering learners’ developing knowledge and competencies in context.
Engineering Teaching Strategies
– Research on the instructional design, and teaching methods.
Engineering Assessment
– Research on assessment methods, instruments and measurements to inform engineering education practice.
Engineering Epistemologies
– Research on what constitutes engineering thinking and knowledge within a particular context.
STEM Education Research
– Research on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in school and university settings as the talent pipeline for developing engineers of the twenty-first century.
Duration of Study
The programme could be completed within 3 years (full time) or 4 – 8 years (part time)
SERVICES
Training / Courses
CEE provides training and consultancy to lecturers and students in areas of engineering education from local and international experts, including;
- Outcome-based Education
- Curriculum design
- Assessment
- Cooperative Problem-based Learning (CPBL)
- Active Learning
- Facilitating skills
- Conducting meaningful and rigorous research
Internationally renowned visiting scholars that have been attached to CEE include;
- Prof. Dr. Karl Smith (Purdue University)
- Prof. Dr. Richard Felder (North Carolina State University)
- Prof. Dr. Anette Kolmos (Aalborg University)
- Dr. Rebecca Brent (North Carolina State University College of Engineering)
- Dr. Ruth Streveler (Purdue University)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Elliot Douglas (University of Florida)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Peter Albion (University of Southern Queensland)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Johannes Strobel (Purdue University)
- Assoc. Prof. Dr. Heidi Diefes-Dux (Purdue University)
- Dr. Anthony Coles
- Dr. Barbara Olds (Colorado School of Mines)
- and many more