Williams / Figueiredo / Trevelyan Engineering Practice in a Global Context

Understanding the Technical and Social to Inform Educators
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-315-87936-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 302 Seiten

This book aims to both characterize the technical and social aspects of engineering practice and to look at ways that this characterization can be important in the design of engineering courses in higher education.
The principal contours of the work include the study of engineering practice and its relation to knowledge, competences and to cross-disciplinary and identity contexts. Empirical data on the practice of engineering professionals are presented from a range of companies in different national contexts, including engineering design companies and engineering innovation leaders.
A further section is devoted to teaching and learning approaches in engineering education and how they could be aligned to better reflect the needs implied by our understanding of the social and technical nature of engineering through the use of teaching and learning activities that are designed to provide learners with relevant experience and appropriate feedback.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Williams, Bill

Figueiredo, Jose D.

Figueiredo, José

Trevelyan, James

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Hochschuldidaktik
• Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technik: Berufe & Ausbildung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
1. Knowledge, Competences and Engineering Practices
2. Knowledge, Practices, Identity
3. Teaching and Learning Experiences in Engineering Education
4. Cross-disciplinary Practices