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The Editor's page: Hyphenated engineering education
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Journal of Engineering Education
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July 1, 2002
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Language, like the wind, signals change.
Have you noticed the change in expressions used in articles about engineering education? Pre-college students don't just participate in programs to enlighten their understanding of engineering and engineers, they now are involved in "discovery-driven" curricula to prepare them for "technology-oriented" careers. Engineering undergraduates no longer attend a few hands-on laboratories to better understand the connection between theory and practice, now they are also involved in a variety of "inquiry-oriented" and "activity-based" exercises throughout their curriculum. And what about the ubiquitous term, "e-(insert any word here)"?
Out of curiosity, I ...