Anticipatory Imagination as a Tool for Rethinking Engineering Education
Publication: Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
Volume 143, Issue 4
Abstract
Forum papers are thought-provoking opinion pieces or essays founded in fact, sometimes containing speculation, on a civil engineering topic of general interest and relevance to the readership of the journal. The views expressed in this Forum article do not necessarily reflect the views of ASCE or the Editorial Board of the journal.
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Acknowledgments
This research was conducted while the lead author was a Taiwan Fellow (2014), a scholarship program of the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).
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Volume 143 • Issue 4 • October 2017
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Received: Sep 20, 2016
Accepted: Mar 31, 2017
Published online: Jun 26, 2017
Published in print: Oct 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Nov 26, 2017
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