Paper Info
Title
An Investigation on Undergraduate's Bio-Energy Engineering Education Program at the Taiwan Technical University
Abstract
With global warming issues and high dependence on imported energy in Taiwan, the Advisory Office of Ministry of Education MOE started a pioneer four-year project to develop the interdisciplinary green technology GT education program for undergraduates since 2007. In this paper, the implementation of bio-energy program at the two technical universities i.e., National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, and Tajen University of Technology under the funding support of the program was described to focus on the curriculum development. This paper will also address some new approaches and innovative directions to bio-energy education: incorporating basic courses into the bio-energy program, transforming the current bio-energy program into undergraduate degree program, implementing distance learning courses, and combining informal science education into the professional education program. It is thus prospective that the bio-energy education at university level will be in line with the efforts in the directions of comprehensive energy education.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.4018/jthi.2012070105
IJTHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
comprehensive energy education,tajen university,undergraduate degree program,taiwan technical university,bio-energy education,informal science education,bio-energy engineering education program,professional education program,bio-energy program,national pingtung university,current bio-energy program,education program
Curriculum development,Engineering ethics,Computer science,Knowledge management,Distance education,Professional development,Engineering education,Comparative education,Curriculum,Pedagogy,Higher education,Science education
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
8
3
1548-3908
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wen-Tien Tsai100.34