Advances in mining engineering education: A case for learning communities
Mining engineering involves the design, planning and management of operations for the development, production and eventual rehabilitation of resource extraction. These activities draw on a diverse set of skills. University of British Columbia mining engineers have traditionally been highly regarded...
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| description | Mining engineering involves the design, planning and management of operations for the development, production and eventual rehabilitation of resource extraction. These activities draw on a diverse set of skills. University of British Columbia mining engineers have traditionally been highly regarded for their strengths in the technical aspects of mining and mineral process but also for their understanding of the application of principles of sustainability and social responsibility. The current view of the UBC Mining curriculum demands the integration of aspects of environmental and social sciences shaping the future of tertiary engineering education. The solution is developing a curriculum that is focused on key learning objectives that are a reflection of all these external pressures. This paper examines the challenge of curriculum reform and the emergence of learning communities at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Canada. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-863482021-11-19T08:49:34Z Advances in mining engineering education: A case for learning communities Hitch, Michael Mining engineering involves the design, planning and management of operations for the development, production and eventual rehabilitation of resource extraction. These activities draw on a diverse set of skills. University of British Columbia mining engineers have traditionally been highly regarded for their strengths in the technical aspects of mining and mineral process but also for their understanding of the application of principles of sustainability and social responsibility. The current view of the UBC Mining curriculum demands the integration of aspects of environmental and social sciences shaping the future of tertiary engineering education. The solution is developing a curriculum that is focused on key learning objectives that are a reflection of all these external pressures. This paper examines the challenge of curriculum reform and the emergence of learning communities at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Canada. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86348 10.3991/ijep.v5i2.4469 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Hitch, Michael Advances in mining engineering education: A case for learning communities |
| title | Advances in mining engineering education: A case for learning communities |
| title_full | Advances in mining engineering education: A case for learning communities |
| title_fullStr | Advances in mining engineering education: A case for learning communities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advances in mining engineering education: A case for learning communities |
| title_short | Advances in mining engineering education: A case for learning communities |
| title_sort | advances in mining engineering education: a case for learning communities |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/86348 |