Title
John Heywood papers
Reference
UK0108 SC MSS 267
Date
1935 to 2016
Creator
Scope and Content
Dr John Heywood is a specialist in the field of professional engineering education and he was also a member of the Junior Institution of Engineers (JIE), one of the IET's predecessor organisatons. Dr Heywood was heavily involved in the debate in the 1960s about the future of the Junior Institution of Engineers and changing it into a professional institution for technician engineers.
Dr Heywood produced a document on this subject called, 'changing the Junior Institution of Engineers (Inst. J. E.) into a professional institution for technician engineers 1960 - 1968: a document based recollection'. This document was presented to the IET Archives in January 2016 and forms a key part of this collection together with 2 volumes of supporting documentation. This supporting documentation includes JIE documents and letters between Dr Heywood and other individuals and organisations which discuss the future role of the JIE.
The collection also includes some key publications from the field of technical education in the UK, Dr Heywood's later papers and publications concerned with technical education in the UK, and also some of his personal JIE material including the Vickers Prize medal and certificates.
Exent
1 Box
Admin. history/Biography
As at 2015, Dr John Heywood was a professorial Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin - The University of Dublin. He was a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and Life Senior Member of the IEEE. Dr Heywood had a special interest in education for the professions and the role of professions in society. He was the author of 'engineering education: research and development in curriculum and instruction'
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