Overview
- The book comprise of a rich and contrasting collection of thick descriptions of activities within engineering education and professional work on how engineers make sense of what they do
- The book gives a unique insight into engineering work and education by looking at practices of engineers; professional engineers, engineering students and engineering educators
- All contributions in the book refer to one or more of the fundamental issues of engineering: how is engineering profession produced, what counts as an engineer, and what do engineers do?
Part of the book series: Professional Practice and Education (PPAE)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Engineering Institutional Practices
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Front Matter
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Engineering Educational Practices
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Front Matter
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Engineering Work Practice
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Front Matter
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Lessons Learned
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Front Matter
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About this book
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 inwhich they are situated, showing how the different sites interact and produce specific representations and frameworks central to engineering professionalism."
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Engineering Professionalism
Book Subtitle: Engineering Practices in Work and Education
Editors: Ulrik Jørgensen, Søsser Brodersen
Series Title: Professional Practice and Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-752-8
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6300-752-8Published: 25 November 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 310
Topics: Education, general