Preparing Engineering Students for Global Workplace Communication: Changing the Japanese Mindsets

Preparing Engineering Students for Global Workplace Communication: Changing the Japanese Mindsets

Preparing engineering students for global workplace is a growing need as engineering schools not only recognize the value of university experience, but also discover that many of their students do not demonstrate the right skills and mindsets for global success. Fresh graduates frequently lack knowledge of other cultures and languages and, most importantly, of how communication works. This pape...

Preparing Students for Software Engineering

This position paper describes our work with a new course at Sussex University, designed to bridge the gap between computer science and software engineering. We argue that the way in which software engineering is introduced in most computer science degrees makes it hard for students to internalise the lessons of good engineering practice. In particular, programming is seen to be divorced from so...

Preparing Engineering Students for the New Business Paradigm of International Teamwork and Global Orientation

Business is increasingly conducted in a global environment, not only in terms of markets but also design, production and service. It is therefore essential that engineering graduates have an orientation towards this globalization and are prepared to operate effectively within it. One manifestation of this new environment is the increasing need for engineers and others to collaborate internation...

Preparing medical students for an ever-changing world.

Preparing Students for the Ethical Challenges of Global Citizenship

This paper describes an approach to teaching ethical intercultural communication. This approach helps students become aware of their own ethnocentric attitudes and helps them move beyond those perspectives to develop a mindful approach to intercultural communication. The paper begins by introducing the concept of mindful communication and the challenges of developing of a code of ethical behavi...