Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 451 g
Engineering Practices in Work and Education
Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 316 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 451 g
Reihe: Professional Practice and Education
ISBN: 978-94-6300-750-4
Verlag: Brill Academic Publishers
How can we understand different engineering practices and how do they relate?
Which dimensions facilitate transitions between educational practices and work practices?
Where is engineering professionalism learned and the engineering ‘mindset’ constituted?
How does engineering professionalism change in response to societal challenges?
The studies focus on the responses to societal challenges in education and professional work settings. The outcomes show how engineering has responded to challenges concerning environment, energy, sustainability, design, user interactions, community engagement and entrepreneurship. This has been done through the identification of codes of meaning and the institutions that frame the translation from challenges to professional responses. How these responses are performed within engineering professionalism is crucial for the societal role of engineering.
The concluding chapter synthesizes the answers to these questions and the lessons learned from attempts to develop engineering in the different settings studied. It highlights the linkages among them, drawing on findings and details from the individual chapters as well as the literature in which they are situated, showing how the different sites interact and produce specific representations and frameworks central to engineering professionalism.