Basic evaluation of engineering education and expectations

Year 2020, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 66 - 80, 15.12.2020

Mehmet Kemal Gökay

Abstract

Engineers have different responsibilities in different types of business. Engineers are organising works and workplaces according to those profession requires. In certain jobs they are hired for their design and new innovative powers to create new fields to their companies in competitive businesses. Therefore, engineers should be graduated to handle their actual responsibilities. After realising some deficits in engineering education, some engineering faculties have reshaped their education and covered more design and problem solving activities. Graduating engineers in changing world in technology and population requires “engineers” who can meet technological and social rule changes. They should have deep knowledge in their subjects and creative design abilities. Educational methods aimed to reach “good engineers” in engineering faculties are given here to present importance of eternal, analytical and creative knowledge gained by engineering students.

Keywords

Engineering education, real-world engineers, methods for engineering education

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