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The shift culture in engineering education : Are we ready? / Asmidar Alias and Norshariza Mohamad Bhkari

The culture in engineering education needs to be shifted from the conventional method to a more effective one. Graduates cannot fulfill requirements from industry because they lack of soft skills and this is one of the unemployment issues in Malaysia recently. A shift culture is, therefore, need...

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Main Authors: Alias, Asmidar, Mohamad Bhkari, Norshariza
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang 2008
Subjects:
Industry
Unemployment
Institutions of higher education
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32910/1/32910.PDF
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spelling my.uitm.ir.329102021-06-16T09:28:58Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32910/ The shift culture in engineering education : Are we ready? / Asmidar Alias and Norshariza Mohamad Bhkari Alias, Asmidar Mohamad Bhkari, Norshariza Industry Unemployment Institutions of higher education The culture in engineering education needs to be shifted from the conventional method to a more effective one. Graduates cannot fulfill requirements from industry because they lack of soft skills and this is one of the unemployment issues in Malaysia recently. A shift culture is, therefore, needed to improve curriculum in higher learning institutions. Thus, the Outcome-Based Education (OBE) is introduced in engineering programmes as an initiative pilot study solicited by Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). This paper discusses the need of change affected by the programme accreditation, needs from the industry and Continual Quality Improvement (CQI). The paper also focuses on the programme administration. Several actions have been taken by the Faculty of Civil Engineering (FCE), UiTM towards the implementation of OBE. These include the awareness of the changes from all engineering education parties, the sharing of UiTM experiences, and the practice on developing skills and standardisation. A few recommendations have been proposed such as the need of experts, details for student qualification and the need of regular discussions among lecturers to enable the transition of culture shift embraced in harmony. Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang 2008 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32910/1/32910.PDF ID32910 Alias, Asmidar and Mohamad Bhkari, Norshariza (2008) The shift culture in engineering education : Are we ready? / Asmidar Alias and Norshariza Mohamad Bhkari. In: PROSIDING KOLOKIUM 2007-2008 UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA PAHANG.
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topic Industry
Unemployment
Institutions of higher education
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Unemployment
Institutions of higher education
Alias, Asmidar
Mohamad Bhkari, Norshariza
The shift culture in engineering education : Are we ready? / Asmidar Alias and Norshariza Mohamad Bhkari
description The culture in engineering education needs to be shifted from the conventional method to a more effective one. Graduates cannot fulfill requirements from industry because they lack of soft skills and this is one of the unemployment issues in Malaysia recently. A shift culture is, therefore, needed to improve curriculum in higher learning institutions. Thus, the Outcome-Based Education (OBE) is introduced in engineering programmes as an initiative pilot study solicited by Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE). This paper discusses the need of change affected by the programme accreditation, needs from the industry and Continual Quality Improvement (CQI). The paper also focuses on the programme administration. Several actions have been taken by the Faculty of Civil Engineering (FCE), UiTM towards the implementation of OBE. These include the awareness of the changes from all engineering education parties, the sharing of UiTM experiences, and the practice on developing skills and standardisation. A few recommendations have been proposed such as the need of experts, details for student qualification and the need of regular discussions among lecturers to enable the transition of culture shift embraced in harmony.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Alias, Asmidar
Mohamad Bhkari, Norshariza
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Mohamad Bhkari, Norshariza
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title The shift culture in engineering education : Are we ready? / Asmidar Alias and Norshariza Mohamad Bhkari
title_short The shift culture in engineering education : Are we ready? / Asmidar Alias and Norshariza Mohamad Bhkari
title_full The shift culture in engineering education : Are we ready? / Asmidar Alias and Norshariza Mohamad Bhkari
title_fullStr The shift culture in engineering education : Are we ready? / Asmidar Alias and Norshariza Mohamad Bhkari
title_full_unstemmed The shift culture in engineering education : Are we ready? / Asmidar Alias and Norshariza Mohamad Bhkari
title_sort shift culture in engineering education : are we ready? / asmidar alias and norshariza mohamad bhkari
publisher Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang
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