Institutional strategies implementing outcome-based education for engineering - first experiences from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

• Main Authors: Mohammad, Shahrin, Tapsir, Siti Hamisah, Idris, Ahmad Kamal, Kamsah, Mohd. Zaki, Abu, Mohd. Salleh, Abu Hassan, Norihan
• Format: Book Section
• Published: Loughborough: Higher Education Academy Engineering Subject Centre and the UK Centre for Materials Education 2008
• Subjects: LB2300 Higher Education
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/9262/; http://www.ee2008.info/index.php/papers/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Being a developing nation, Malaysia strives to compete within the global frontiers in science and technology. Compared with developed nations, educating and training of engineers is viewed as social needs and obligations. Over the last fifty years of independence, there has been a mushrooming of ind...