Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity CollegeDublin, The University of Dublin

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, 2016 From Problem Solvers to Problem Seekers: The Necessary Role of Tension in Engineering EducationIn this paper it is proposed that the current focus on problems in engineering education andtechnological literacy may be more constructively reframed by focusing on tensions. PriyanDias claims engineering has an identity crisis that arises from tensions inherent in: 1) theinfluence of the profession on society, 2) the role engineers play, and 3) what constitutes validknowledge in engineering. These are ethical, ontological, and epistemological tensionsrespectively, which Dias frames as a tension between identities of homo sapiens and homo faber.Beyond the tensions in engineering there are additional tensions that arise

Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Improving the Experiences of Marginalized Students on Engineering Design Teams

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lorelle A Meadows, Michigan Technological University; Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan; Marie C Paretti, Virginia Tech; Alice L. Pawley, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Shawn S. Jordan, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus; Debbie Chachra, Olin College of Engineering; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Design in Engineering Education, Electrical and Computer, Engineering Libraries, First-Year Programs, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Minorities in Engineering, Student, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

successful interactions and learning outcomes.1-3 One important challenge centers onthe interactions between students from groups negatively stereotyped as poor performers inengineering (e.g., women and under-represented racial minorities) and others. A body of researchin psychology indicates that students from these marginalized groups may have qualitativelydifferent group work experiences compared to others, which may contribute to their self-selection from engineering and thus their group’s under-representation in engineering fields.Recent research suggests that the negative experiences of people from marginalized groups onengineering student design teams can influence many factors that contribute to persistence andsuccess, such as development of

Conference Session

Dimensions of Engineering Literacy and Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak Jr, Hope College; Mani Mina, Iowa State University; Kate A Disney, Mission College

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

solution ofproblems stated as analogies [7]. The test is designed to assess analytical thinking. The testcontent is drawn from various academic subjects. No specific prior training in any one particularacademic discipline is assumed. Positive correlations have been shown between MAT scoresand subsequent success in graduate programs in academic disciplines [7].The ACT Science Reasoning Test, the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT), the CriticalThinking Assessment Test (CAT) and the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) were taken as modelsfor developing an Engineering Reasoning test. The term “Engineering Reasoning” was adoptedas more appropriate than “engineering” or “technological literacy.” Like science reasoning,engineering reasoning points to a specific

Conference Session

TELPhE Division Technical Session 1: Expanding Technological and Engineering Literacies

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Alan Cheville, Bucknell University; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

address such issues. Management, teaching,and medicine also educate people for practice and must continually engage with a changingworld to remain relevant. In this paper it is hypothesized that degree programs in thesedisciplines confront, with varying degrees of success, a tension between providing theknowledge needed to act and inculcating the ability in students to act spontaneously and in theright way. This paper explores this tension by looking across these disciplines to identifypractices that are believed to be effective in giving students the knowledge and abilities neededto act professionally. The general approach that has emerged is having students actively addressproblems of varying degrees of difficulty and constraint through

Conference Session

Non-Canonical Canons of Engineering Ethics

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Xiaofeng Tang, Penn State University; Dean Nieusma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Ethics, Liberal Education/Engineering & Society, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

examination,”by which we mean examination of the status of practice in a profession against the ethicalstandards enacted in its particular code, and vice versa. For example, Clause 8, which wasrecently added to the IEEE Code of Ethics, requires all members “to treat fairly all persons andto not engage in acts of discrimination based on race, religion, gender, disability, age, nationalorigin, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.”57 This clause provides richopportunities for students to discuss the necessary structural changes to the engineeringprofession—in areas such as employment policies, workplace culture, college admissions,facility design, etc.—so as to live up to the code. Similarly, instructors could also