2007 Vol.6, No.2 World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education Editor-in-Chief: Zenon J. Pudlowski UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education (UICEE) Monash University, Melbourne 3800, Australia Melbourne 2007 UICEE Partners AGH University of Science and Anna University Caledonian College of Engineering East China University of Science & Technology, Kraków, Poland Chennai, India Muscat, Oman Technology, Shanghai, PRC Hochschule Wismar – University of Gdynia Maritime University Higher Institute of Engineering Technology, Business & Design Liverpool John Moores University Gdynia, Poland Hoon, Libya Wismar, Germany Liverpool, England, UK Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu National Changhua University of Polytechnic University Silesian University of Technology Sibiu, Romania Education, Changhua, Taiwan New York, USA Gliwice, Poland University of Science & Technology Tomsk Polytechnic University Houari Boumediene Vilnius Gediminas Technical Tomsk, Russia Algiers, Algeria University, Vilnius, Lithuania Published by: UNESCO International Centre for Engineering Education (UICEE), Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Melbourne, VIC 3800, Australia http://www.eng.monash.edu.au/uicee/ © 2007 by UICEE ISSN 1446-2257 Papers published in the World Transactions have undergone a formal process of peer review by international referees. This Journal is copyright. Apart from any fair dealing for the purpose of private study, research, criticism or review as permitted under the Copyright Act, no part may be reproduced by any process without the written permission of the publisher. Responsibility for the contents of these articles rests upon the authors and not the publisher. Data presented and conclusions developed by the authors are for information only and are not intended for use without independent substantiating investigations on the part of the potential user. 204 2007 Vol.6, No.2 World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education Contents Z.J. Pudlowski Editorial 207 R.B. Ward Educating – crisis 209 L.G. Boussiakou & E.C. Kalkani The needs in continuing education courses for professional engineers 215 G. Davis & M. Wanous Assessing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within engineering 223 R. Devon, G. Okudan, H. Nguyen, Decision-making models for choosing CAD software 227 A. Gordon, S. Bilén, X. Wu & D. Sathianathan B. Moulton, D. Thompson & A multidisciplinary education framework that enables people from different 235 P. O’Loughlin disciplines to work together with community-based organisations on real-world projects E.A. Danilova & Z.J. Pudlowski Engineering education reform: the imperatives for ensuring its quality and 239 outcomes M. Isreb & B. Stark Monash University’s Gippsland Campus’ innovative going green-based system for 245 infrastructures education with environmental cultural change applications M. Alias & H.H.M. Saleh The effect of the blended Problem-Based Learning method on the acquisition of 249 content-specific knowledge in mechanical engineering D.R. Muñoz & C.K. Skokan Humanitarian engineering programme: conceptual challenges 253 J. Uziak & M. Luyckx Project-Based Learning – analysis and synthesis of mechanisms for awning 257 window linkages J. Njock Libii Applying the dynamics of the pendulum to the design of a playground swing 263 J.S. Tate & V. Sriraman Developing the research aptitude in senior year manufacturing engineering students 267 S. Thatcher Experiential learning and the classification of team skills in pilot education 271 C. Scarlat Developing new curricula for engineers’ entrepreneurial education: a Romanian 275 experience I. Iskhakov, Y. Ribakov & Incorporating a shaking table into a basic course in earthquake-oriented structural 279 N. Davidovich engineering H-C. Liao & Y-h. Wang The incorporation of the AECE 4-D cycle learning system into technological and 283 engineering education M.S. Takriff, S.R.S. Abdullah, Integrated delivery in chemical engineering education 287 N.H. Tan Kofli & D. Nordin S.I. Hadjileontiadou Supporting collaborative learning interactions: an activity theory-based approach 291 Y.K. Hoh & K.A. Toh Using the biographies of outstanding women in electrical and electronics 295 engineering to overcome teachers’ misperceptions of engineers and engineering C-M. Chou, C-H. Shen & Y-J. Lee A study of enterprises’ employment terms and competences for technological and 301 vocational school graduates in Taiwan W-J. Shyr The application of the case teaching method to a mechatronics course 309 A. Shanableh & M. Omar Shaping engineering education in the Middle East – a report on four engineering 313 education conferences held at the University of Sharjah M. Minadeo-Cook & M. Court Identifying an educational void and new teaching approach for input modelling 319 205 T-C. Wu, Y-H. Shu & S-Y. Shiau Developing a Safety Performance Scale (SPS) in departments of electrical and 323 electronic engineering at universities: an exploratory factor analysis C-Y. Chao, Y-L. Huang & A study of the teacher quality index of professional teachers at vocational industrial 327 P-C. Wang high schools in Taiwan L-S. Lee, L-T. Chang & K-Y. Lin Critical issues and their solutions in the international accreditation of engineering 331 and technology programmes in Taiwan T.D. Ropp, S. Dubikovsky & Using collaborative learning projects to blend teamwork and technical competences 337 R. Sterkenburg in an aviation technology curriculum G. Xiong & X. Lu A CDIO curriculum development in a civil engineering programme 341 G.N. Nikolaidou Modelling computer-mediated collaborative talk and action: a case study on 345 ICT-based music composition in primary schools N. Aliane Control systems demonstrations using spreadsheets 349 E. Bonnick, M. Henry & G. Oliver An assessment of an intramural preliminary course of study as a viable alternative 353 matriculation pathway to traditional examinations into the Bachelor of Engineering programme at the University of Technology, Jamaica K.A. Mastor, F.M. Hamzah, Personality profiles of Malay and Chinese engineering students 357 N.R. Yaacob & K. Jafar A.R.N. Molson Engineering and technological education in Greece: a missing link in cooperation 361 between academics and professional engineers in the faculty of application-oriented engineering C.J.K. Desha & K.J. Hargroves Education for Sustainable Development Curriculum Audit (E4SD Audit): a 365 curriculum diagnostic tool for quantifying requirements to embed sustainable development into higher education – demonstrated through a focus on engineering education M.S. Sidhu The architecture of technology-assisted problem-solving packages for engineering 373 G.G. Rogozin Heidegger’s thesis on two kinds of thinking: methods to carry out engineering 377 education F-S. Chen, T-C. Chang & Using NETPAW to advance senior high school students’ English acquisition in the 381 Y. Chuang context of the Common European Framework Index of Authors 393 206 2007 Vol.6, No.2 World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education Editorial This regular Issue of the World Transactions on Engineering & Technology Education (WTE&TE), designated as Vol.6, No.2, includes 37 research and development articles submitted by authors representing 17 countries worldwide. The authors of these articles strive to present the current status of engineering and technology education, and the contemporary tendencies in research and development carried out in this particular area of academic endeavour. In completing this sixth Volume of the WTE&TE, we have been impressed by the variety of topics, issues and ideas presented by the authors of the articles included in this Volume. Particular emphasis is being placed on research, development and promotional activities concerning the application of modern technologies in the teaching/learning process. Also, considerable interest is being noted in the problem and project-based methods more often used in engineering and technology education, which facilitate the student-centred approach to education. Under the editorial policy of the Journal, we also endeavour to promote a broad scope of articles, tackling such issues and problems as new and critical developments in science, the application of the Internet for the search, storage and retrieval of information, the impact of new technological advances on societies, the development and cultivation of engineering and technology teachers, and others. This is in order to facilitate the preparation of high school students for their future ventures with modern technologies and production processes. We are, indeed, proud and honoured by the fact that we have been able to establish and maintain the WTE&TE as an important source of information through which recent research, development and promotion of academic achievements can be documented, presented and transmitted to a broad international audience. Hence, the Journal’s specific editorial policy is that the submitted articles have to undergo a strict and rigorous refereeing process in order to ensure the highest possible outcome. Further, we are delighted by the fact that we have been able to attract so many exceptional engineering and technology experts to the Journal’s Editorial Board, whose task is to assess the articles submitted to the Journal. I wish to express our sincere gratitude to the following senior academics, members of the UICEE Global Family of Engineering Educators, who have refereed the articles included in this Issue: • Prof. Tuncay Birand, Middle East Technical University,