The International Society for Engineering Pedagogy (IGIP) and the New Pedagogic Challenges in Engineering Education

The article outlines the new tendencies and prospects in engineering education and engineering pedagogy. The new trends and questions result in a need to evolve new educational practices, especially in engineering pedagogy in order to provide the most effective learning experiences for engineering students of the 21st century. A new look at the didactic and pedagogic concepts that presently form the basis of engineering education is required. IGIP has proposed a Prototype Curriculum for engineering pedagogy and has developed the accreditation criteria for engineering pedagogy program