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Philosophy and Engineering Education - New Perspectives, An Introduction (Paperback)
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Philosophy and Engineering Education - New Perspectives, An Introduction (Paperback)
Series: Synthesis Lectures on Engineering, Science, and Technology
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All educators bring to their work preconceived ideas of what the
curriculum should be and how students learn. Seldom are they
thought through. Since without an adequate philosophical base it is
difficult to bring about desirable changes in policy and practice,
it is necessary that educators have defensible philosophies of
engineering education. This point is illustrated by recent debates
on educational outcomes which can be analysed in terms of competing
curriculum ideologies.While these ideologies inform the development
of a philosophy of engineering education they do so in light of a
philosophy of engineering for such a philosophy focuses on what
engineering is, and in particular how it differs from science. This
is addressed in this study through consideration of the differences
in the modes of abstraction required for the pursuit of science on
the one hand, and the pursuit of engineering design, on the other
hand. It is shown that a philosophy of engineering is not a
philosophy of science or a philosophy of engineering education, but
it is from a philosophy of engineering that a philosophy of
engineering education is drawn. Uncertainty is shown to be a key
characteristic of engineering practice. A way of formulating a
philosophy of engineering is to consider it through the classical
prism that splits the subject into five divisions, namely
epistemology, metaphysics, logic, ethics aesthetics. Additionally,
"behaviour" also characterizes the practice of engineering.
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