An investigation on integration of computational thinking into engineering curriculum at delft university of technology

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Abstract

Our life is surrounded by digital devices. Engineering education is one of the cornerstones in higher education for future generations and computational thinking (CT) is deemed as a core component in various engineering curricula. The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), is the largest technical university in the Netherlands and computing; computational concepts and activities have been integrated into curriculum for years at TU Delft. However, there is not a comprehensive investigation on integration of CT into Engineering Curriculum, this paper presents a case study of Master’s level engineering curricula investigating: 1) to what extend CT components are integrated; 2) in what way CT is interpreted and integrated in the curriculum; 3) what educational and assessment methods have been used. The results show that CT has been largely integrated into the investigated curriculum mostly with lectures being the educational method and programming assignments as a method for the assessment. Our analysis shows that understanding the context and patterns in problems and solutions was important in different courses and engineering disciplines, indicating possible directions for integration of CT into curriculum.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 50th Annual Conference Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC)
EditorsHannu-Matti Järvinen, Santiago Silvestre, Ariadna Llorens, Balàzs Nagy
Pages890-901
Number of pages12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Event50th Annual Conference of The European Society for Engineering Education - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 19 Sept 202222 Sept 2022
Conference number: 50

Conference

Conference50th Annual Conference of The European Society for Engineering Education
Abbreviated titleSEFI 2022
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period19/09/2222/09/22

Keywords

  • Engineering Education
  • Computational Thinking
  • Curriculum
  • Case Study

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