Engineering Tasks for the New Century : Japanese and U.S. Perspectives.
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National Academies Press,
1999
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Table of Contents:
- ""Engineering Education Tasks for the New Century:""; ""Copyright""; ""OFFICE OF JAPAN AFFAIRS""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""ISSUES, FINDINGS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR JAPAN""; ""ISSUES, FINDINGS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE UNITED STATES""; ""ISSUES, FINDINGS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BOTH COUNTRIES""; ""1 Introduction""; ""NOTES AND REFERENCES""; ""2 K-12 Education of Future Engineers""; ""SUMMARY POINTS""; ""OVERVIEW""; ""GENERAL FEATURES OF K-12 EDUCATION IN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES""; ""Organization, Control, and Funding""; ""Learning.""; ""Teaching""
- ""ISSUES AND CHALLENGES RELATED TO ENGINEERING EDUCATION""""Overall Performance of the K-12 System in Mathematics and Science""; ""Developing New Approaches to Improved Performance""; ""Promoting Interest in Engineering and Technical Careers""; ""“Technology in Education� and “Education About Technology�""; ""NOTES AND REFERENCES""; ""3 University Entrance Issues""; ""SUMMARY POINTS""; ""EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT""; ""UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE PROCESSES AND CRITERIA""; ""THE EXAM PREPARATION PROCESS AND INFRASTRUCTURE""; ""ISSUES""; ""Declining Interest in Math and Science.""
- ""Opportunity Costs of Time and Resources""""The Entrance Examination System and the Academic Environment in Universities""; ""Other New Approaches""; ""PRIORITIES FOR THE FUTURE""; ""NOTES AND REFERENCES""; ""4 Undergraduate and Graduate Education""; ""SUMMARY POINTS""; ""STATISTICS AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION""; ""Undergraduate Engineering Education""; ""Graduate Engineering Education""; ""CONTENT""; ""Undergraduate Education""; ""Graduate Education""; ""ACCREDITATION AND CONTROL""; ""ISSUES, CONCERNS, AND REFORM EFFORTS""; ""United States""; ""Japan""; ""NOTES AND REFERENCES""
- ""5 Life Long Learning for Engineers""""SUMMARY POINTS""; ""U.S. AND JAPANESE CONTEXT FOR ENGINEERING CAREERS""; ""U.S. Context""; ""Economic Context""; ""Corporate Context for Continuing Engineering Education in Industry""; ""Competitive Context for the Content of Continuing Engineering Training""; ""Expected Competencies of Engineers Entering the Company""; ""Institutions and Trends""; ""Other Characteristics of U.S. Engineers""; ""Japanese Context""; ""Economic Context""; ""Corporate Context for Continuing Education in Industry""; ""Expected Competencies of Engineers Entering the Company""
- ""Institutions and Trends""""Other Characteristics of Japanese Engineers""; ""U.S.-JAPAN COMPARISON OF ENGINEERING CAREERS AND CONTINUING EDUCATION EXPERIENCES.""; ""Early Career Training""; ""General Issues""; ""Xerox Early Career Training""; ""Fuji Xerox Early Career Training""; ""The Five to Fifteen Year Professional""; ""General Issues""; ""Xerox Practices and Experience.""; ""Fuji Xerox""; ""Later Career Trends""; ""ISSUES""; ""Maintaining Technical Currency and Vitality""; ""The Importance of Diversified Experience""; ""Lifetime Employment and the Need for Different Perspectives""
