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Silva, Arlindo; Fontul, Mihail; Henriques, Elsa – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
Engineering design is known as an answer to an ill-defined problem. As any answer to an ill-defined problem, it can never be completely right or absolutely wrong. The methods that universities use to teach engineering design, as a consequence of this, suffer from the same fate. However, the accumulated experience with the "chalk and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering, Engineering Education, Design
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Millson, David; Filsinger, Richard – Tech Directions, 2002
The "attractor magnet" curricula in the Interdisciplinary Program at Suncoast Community High School (Florida) include drafting, technology, engineering technology, and communications technology. As an alternative to comprehensive high schools, it provides challenging college-prep programs to a diverse population. (JOW)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Drafting, High Schools, Interdisciplinary Approach
Jackson, Carl R. – 1974
The development and implementation of a two-year interdisciplinary course integrating a machine shop and drafting curriculum are described in the report. The purpose of the course is to provide a learning process in industrial drafting featuring identifiable orientation in skills that will enable the student to develop competencies that are…
Descriptors: Drafting, Individualized Instruction, Instructional Innovation, Integrated Curriculum
Ham, Jan – TIES: The Magazine of Design and Technology Education, 1998
Project offers grades 3-8 students hands-on design practice creating built environments to solve a society-based architectural problem. Students plan buildings, draw floor plans, and make scale models of the structures that are then used in related interdisciplinary activities. (Author)
Descriptors: Architectural Drafting, Architecture, Building Design, Built Environment