Work in progress: Ethical leadership in engineering education in Africa: The case of Ashesi University College
Buchele S.F.; Awuah R.; Korsah G.A.
2015
Proceedings of 2015 International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2015
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10.1109/ICL.2015.7318208
Universities in Africa have a particular need to educate engineers with a strong sense of ethics. Ashesi University College has developed an engineering programme that includes its trademark strengths of a liberal arts core including critical thinking, communication, and problem solving, along with ethics, leadership skills, and commitment to positive change. Ideally, this programme will educate students who will help create a new era of progress in African industry and infrastructure. © 2015 IEEE.
Africa; Ethics; Leadership; Transformative Education
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