CONTEMPORARY TEACHING METHODS EMPHASIZING CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING ADAPTED FOR ENGINEERING EDUCATION AT ESTONIAN CENTRE FOR ENGINEERING PEDAGOGY

Engineering educators should gain greater confidence through the use of extended range of contemporary teaching tools by obtaining specifics of the art of teaching. Teaching methods fostering active and long-term engagement with learning tasks are used at Estonian Centre for Engineering Pedagogy. Understanding student different learning styles is one of the midpoints of teacher training. The aim of the study programme for engineering educators is to abolish mismatches between students' common learning styles and traditional teaching styles of engineering educators. The curriculum for engineering educators concentrates on interactive lectures and contemporary teaching methods emphasising conceptual understanding, adapted specially for engineering education, being introduced in the following article.