TY - GEN
T1 - Combining Real-World Examples in a Basic Electrical Engineering Course
T2 - 27th EAEEIE Annual Conference, EAEEIE 2017
AU - Gero, Aharon
AU - Yamin, Netanel
AU - Stav, Yinnon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/6
Y1 - 2017/6
N2 - At the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, an attempt was made to increase students' interest in the basic course Electric Circuit Theory in particular and in electrical engineering in general, by incorporating real-world examples into the curriculum. These examples reflect both the diverse fields of study in the Department of Electrical Engineering and electrical engineers' fields of occupation in the industry. The study described in the paper used qualitative tools to characterize the attitudes of seventy-two electrical engineering students toward the course in its new format (with the examples). According to the findings, the students believe that the contents of the course are relevant both to their studies in the program and for their future work as electrical engineers in the industry. In addition, the students find interest in the course and feel that the course cultivated their connection with both the Department and the profession.
AB - At the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, an attempt was made to increase students' interest in the basic course Electric Circuit Theory in particular and in electrical engineering in general, by incorporating real-world examples into the curriculum. These examples reflect both the diverse fields of study in the Department of Electrical Engineering and electrical engineers' fields of occupation in the industry. The study described in the paper used qualitative tools to characterize the attitudes of seventy-two electrical engineering students toward the course in its new format (with the examples). According to the findings, the students believe that the contents of the course are relevant both to their studies in the program and for their future work as electrical engineers in the industry. In addition, the students find interest in the course and feel that the course cultivated their connection with both the Department and the profession.
KW - attitudes
KW - basic course
KW - electrical engineering
KW - real-world examples
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85070396729&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/EAEEIE.2017.8768605
DO - 10.1109/EAEEIE.2017.8768605
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AN - SCOPUS:85070396729
T3 - 2017 27th EAEEIE Annual Conference, EAEEIE 2017
BT - 2017 27th EAEEIE Annual Conference, EAEEIE 2017
Y2 - 7 June 2017 through 9 June 2017
ER -