Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

 educator  needs  to  share  ideas  openly  to  discuss  and  frame  a  better  future  for  our  activities.    Having  the  flexible  and  open-­‐minded  approaches  and  philosophical  basis  together  with  shared  engineering  values  and  concepts  are  essential  for  paving  a  better  road  to  the  future  of  engineering  and  engineering  education.    AcknowledgementThis  work  was  supported  by  the  National  Science  Foundation  under  awards:  DUE  0837314  and  DUE-­‐0920164.  Any  opinions,  findings,  and  conclusions  or  recommendations  expressed  in  this  material  are  those  of  the  author  and  do  not  necessarily  reflect  the  views  of  the  National  Science  Foundation.      The  author  would  like  to  thank

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Paper ID #8687Defining engineering and technological literacies within the framework of lib-eral education: implications for the curriculumDr. John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin John Heywood MA MSc LittD (Dublin) M.Litt (Lanacaster). Professorial Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College – The University of Dublin and formerly Professor and Director of Teacher Education in the University (1977 – 1996). In addition to a higher doctorate he is the holder of a Masters degree in engineering education (MSc). He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, a Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Educa- tion, a Senior

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

William R. Loendorf, Eastern Washington University; Jason K Durfee P.E. P.E., Eastern Washington University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

effectively transferred knowledge. It also allows large numbers of people to view andread about relics from the distant to recent past. With these concepts in mind, display cases wereused to exhibit a recently discovered collection of electrical artifacts.Historical BackgroundSince the Technology in World Civilization course was first introduced in the 1999 – 2000academic year, the Engineering & Design Department has experienced significant growth and acouple of name changes. The growth was so dramatic that the Department quickly out grew itscurrent facility. In order to meet the increased student demand, additional classrooms andlaboratories were located in the nearby Science Building.A new facility for the Department along with Computer Science

Conference Session

Promoting Technological Literacy

Collection

2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

p 1). Education is then, “the acquisition of theart of utilisation of knowledge” [4 p 6]. Looked at from the perspective of Whitehead’s formalphilosophy engineering and technology are creative activities. The stage of “romance” is notonly one of discovery but of creative exploration [8] It is a view that fits well with what anengineer seeks to do. Page 24.375.3 2 Stage 1: Romance: The stage of first apprehension (a stage of ferment). Education must essentially be a setting in order of a ferment already stirring in the mind: you cannot educate the mind in vacuo. In our conception of