Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

  Page 23.1254.10following  issues  can  be  addressed  and  resolved.   a) What  if  we  cannot  really  cover  all  the  material  that  needs  to  be  covered?   b) What  if  the  students  do  not  really  learn?   c) What  if  the  people  in  the  industry  (or  our  colleagues)  would  not  approve  of  the  method?   d) What  about  ABET?    Can  we  really  do  well  with  ABET  if  we  follow  in  this?      All  of  the  above  questions  are  important.  It  would  take  time  for  each  instructor  to  implement  this  process  into  his  or  her  teaching  activities.    This  should  be  done  with  open  communications  with  the  students,  with  other  faculty,  and  with  the  industrial  partners.    The

Conference Session

New Approaches and Applications to Enhance Technological Literacy - Part I

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Magesh Chandramouli, Purdue University, Calumet (Tech); Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. Gary R. Bertoline, Purdue University, West Lafayette Gary R. Bertoline is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Graphics Technology, Professor of Computer & Information Technology at Purdue University, West Lafayette. Prior to becom- ing dean, he served as Associate Dean for Graduate Studies in the College of Technology. From 1995 through 2002, Gary served as Department Head of Computer Graphics Technology at Purdue University. He received the Ph.D. degree in technology from The Ohio State University in 1987, MEd from Miami University, and BS degree from Northern Michigan University. Prior to joining the faculty at Purdue, he served three years as a faculty member in the College of Engineering

Conference Session

Developing Technological Literacy in Students

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Elizabeth Milonas, NYC College of Technology - City University of New York

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

related to bias. Students will also be asked to use role-play to identify the main bias- related issues and concerns related to the case study. 2. Weekly responses to topics related to specific algorithm bias found in relevant readings, TedTalks, and news articles, etc. will be assigned to broaden students’ understanding of the effects of bias in today’s society. 3. Current events related to ethics on the whole and/or bias specifically will be posted on an online discussion board. Students will be encouraged to participate online by providing their insight related to the current event. 4. Guest lecturers/speakers will be invited to discuss the ethical concerns related to algorithm bias. They will be randomly

Conference Session

Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Joseph F. Camean P.E., U.S. Coast Guard Academy

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

solutions to the problem of students getting insufficient practical training were proposed by a number of the people interviewed: (1) include more professionals with practical industry experience on the faculty and (2) revise the curriculum to provide more emphasis on design, practice, and practical problem-solving techniques.There are numerous other studies that speak to this concern, as the debate is not new; bestsummarized by John Alic of the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment in his 1990letter published in Issues in Science and Technology [4]: “Engineering educators in the United States . . . have long since won the 100-year-old debate with those, mostly in industry, who would have the schools turn out more practically

Conference Session

Exploration of Broad Issues and Promotion of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

liberal education seeks to promote literacy and is therefore concerned with thelanguage and culture which are part of our heritage”.From literacy to technological literacy; Knowledge, competency, proficiency and thecontrol of technologyDavies adds a footnote which pointed out that Aristotle had indicated the relationshipbetween the first two dimensions in his Politics Book VIII. But he goes no further, and doesnot seek to amplify the definition of literacy which in the same 1963 edition of the Dictionaryis simply the “Ability to read and write”. Thirty years later (1993) in The New Shorter OxfordEnglish Dictionary literacy is defined as the “quality or state of being literate; knowledge ofletters; condition in respect of education esp. ability to

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

needle” on this intractable problem. From the Theory Bperspective the issue of representation may result from universities legitimate concerns with the“quality” of incoming students as measured by existing metrics [21] and faculty belief systems ofwhat engineering is. This may be framed broadly as a tension between perceptions of therelative importance of student professionalism or competency vs. inclusion. The existingequilibrium is supported by program concerns with status that are reinforced by quantitativeranking systems, as well as long-standing disparities in K-12 school systems that derive frommodels of how public schools are funded and national beliefs around how school performance ismeasured.Engineering IdentityOne of the goals of

Conference Session

Interactive Panel on Perspectives and Practical Skills for Men as Advocates for Gender Equity

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lawrence J. Genalo, Iowa State University; Roger A. Green, North Dakota State University; Beth M Holloway, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Archie L Holmes Jr., University of Virginia; Brian P Kirkmeyer, Miami University; Klod Kokini, Purdue University, West Lafayette; Daniel Lopresti, Lehigh University; Adrienne Minerick, Michigan Technological University; Beena Sukumaran, Rowan University

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Leadership Development Division, Minorities in Engineering, Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering, Women in Engineering

-home mothers like almost all of our mothers.Later, I attended a UMC meeting where presentations on unintended biases were part of theprogram. In one video presentation, you are supposed to count the number of basketballpasses made by a group of players. In the middle of the video, a gorilla walks though thegroup, something almost everyone fails to see when they first view the video. It makes youquestion how our minds work. Later, we were shown a board room scene and asked toidentify the boss. Basically everyone picks the man in the suit even when a woman sits atthe head of the table. Absolutely eye-opening.We can all become more aware of gender equity issues by being more observant. Howmany white males are on your faculty? How many are

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and Technological Policy

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert A. Heard, Carnegie Mellon University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

ecological footprint toolwas chosen as it is an easily visualized concept and with web-based programs, it can be a simpletool to illustrate current lifestyle issues and the gaps between current conditions on the planetand sustainability goals. As the timing of this section works out to be when students are returninghome for a semester break, an assignment is given to use the web-based ecological footprintprogram to evaluate their families lifestyle and collect information concerning accuracy andpossible errors in evaluations. The discussion in class usually turns out to be a very interestingexercise due to the global nature of our student body. The intent of this exercise is to connect thestudent to the human issues of our chosen lifestyle and

Conference Session

Communication Across the Divisions II: Communication and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Mark Valenzuela P.E., University of Evansville; Valerie A. Stein, University of Evansville

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Diversity

Tagged Divisions

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

given by professors in the humanities. As the newFYS director in 2012, the second author inherited the challenge of a program staffed primarily bythe faculty in the college of the arts and sciences. In 2011-12 there were 74 sections of the then-equivalent of FYS 112;b only three of those sections were taught by faculty from the professionalschools (one from the college of engineering and two from the college of education and healthsciences). The second author was concerned that students perceived this lack of participation inFYS by the faculty of the professional schools as a lack of endorsement for the value of liberaleducation.c She wanted the lecture to emphasize the significance of FYS as a foundation for allareas of study at the University

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak Jr, NSF Division of Undergraduate Education; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

. Byusing an actual technological product the question of likelihood is avoided. Thetechnological product, or engineering solution actually exists. A very new technology isused so that significant potential societal impacts have not yet occurred. The technologyexists, and is available but has not yet diffused into society to the point where socialimpacts have become evident.Actual news articles written for a general audience are used in describing the newengineering solution for several reasons. First, a description for the general audience ismost appropriate for beginning engineering students that are not likely to have developedin-depth engineering knowledge yet. Second, it helps to avoid faculty bias by usingdescriptions of technological issues

Conference Session

Technological Literacy for Undergraduate Students

Collection

2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak, Hope College; Kate A. Disney, Mission College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

on technological topics at a level that is appropriate for non-engineers. However doing so requires appropriate curriculum and course materials. To facilitatethis process, a review was conducted of technological literacy courses already being taught byengineering faculty. It was found that courses can be classified in four categories. These fourgroups are survey courses, focus courses, design courses and connections courses. The surveycourses aim to cover a wide range to technological products, systems, and issues. The focuscourses address a more narrowly defined area such as energy or nanotechnology. The designcourses emphasize developing a familiarity with the engineering design process. Connectionscourses concentrate on the

Conference Session

Innovations in Promoting Technological Literacy II

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

J. Douglass Klein, Union College

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

arts. He has recently developed and team-taught with an engineering faculty member, a new interdisciplinary course ”Energy: How Much is Enough?” Page 25.476.1 c American Society for Engineering Education, 2012 Do We Control Technology or Does Technology Control Us?Abstract: William Wulf has suggested that the use of tools, i.e. technology, is what defines us ashuman. Might technology also be a genie that once released cannot be returned to its bottle?This paper describes a course for a mixed group of first-year engineering and liberal artsstudents, designed to explore the history

Conference Session

TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado Boulder

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

evidence little kindness as new faculty navigate the demands forresearch productivity, grant writing, teaching, and service – some while facing their own arraypersonal issues, harassment, and/or racism. As noted by Oades et al. [69, p. 436],“implementation of a kindness strategy may be best addressed at the organizational level,through the adoption of values and agreed practices that increase the probability of kindnesstowards other people.” If faculty perceive that they are treated with kindness and care from theirinstitutions, they may be more likely to display and promote kindness in their interactions withstudents. While the reflections in this paper were catalyzed during a global pandemic that causedunusual stress on students and faculty

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Katie Estridge Schneider, Colorado School of Mines; Amy Charlotte Martin P.E., Colorado School of Mines; Terri S. Hogue, Colorado School of Mines

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

-university withthe capacity to connect researchers, K-12 teachers and industries.The WE2NG program consists of a six-to-eight week full-time summer research experience atCSM, where teacher participants are paired with a research group (faculty research advisor andresearch students who work under them), who’s research aligns most-closely with the curriculumtaught by the participant. Each summer training allows up to 10 new teachers per cohort. Duringthe second summer training (2017), teachers from the first cohort (2016) were invited to returnon a part-time basis (allowing up to five total), where they served as mentors to new teachers.Inclusion of teachers ranging from primary to secondary, in a localized geographic area, createsan environment that

Conference Session

Curriculum Development in Technological Literacy

Collection

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

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

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

neurobiological structure is not achieved, ethical behaviors are notmodified”. Walker [27] suggests that current approaches to ethical education based onrationalism are insufficient because they do not take into account psychological and socialfactors which is similar to the argument of complex socio-technical systems made here. Otherwork looks at the role emotion and intuition play in ethical decision making [28]. The classicwork of Perry and King and Kitchener supports frameworks where both intellectual and moraldevelopment occur over time based on the types of experiences and interactions students havewith peers, faculty, and their environment [29], [30]. In these frameworks moral developmentmoves an individual from a dualistic view of issues, through

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College-Dublin

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

). The Taxonomy of Educational objectives. Handbook 1. TheCognitive Domain. New York. David MacKay.[10] Schiro, M (2013). Curriculum Theory. Conflicting Visions and Enduring Concerns. 2ndedition. Los Angeles. Sage. p4.[11] Eggleston, J (1977). The Sociology of the School Curriculum. London. Routledge andKegan Paul.[12] loc cit ref 10.[13] Bruner, J (1966). Toward a Theory of Instruction. Cambridge, MA. HarvardUniversity Press.[14] loc.cit ref 10[15] ibid[16] ibid[17] Tyler, R. W (1949). Basic Principles of Curriculum and Instruction. Chicago. ChicagoUniversity Press.[18] Gessner, F. B (1975). Systems of self-paced learning. Engineering Education, 64(4),368.[19] Keller, F (1968). “Goodbye teacher”. Journal of Applied Behavioural Research, 1, 78

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Karlin, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Rebecca A Bates, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Dan Ewert, North Dakota State University; Ronald R Ulseth P.E., Itasca Community College

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

concernsinclude issues at the university level, such as the idea of a credit hour, how faculty spend theirtime, and how is student work transcripted. The initiatives that result in significant change inclassroom and curricular practice result in gaps and challenges at institutional, federal andaccreditation levels. Figure 3. Modified Innovation Cycle of Educational Practice and Research in a Broad Academic EnvironmentIn an ideal system, information and influence would transfer seamlessly across thought systems.In current practice, there are boundaries around the thought systems, illustrated by the boxes inFigure 4. The thought system that contains multiple calls for changes in engineering educationfrom the

Conference Session

Technological Literacy and the Non-science College Student

Collection

2012 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

Environment” was taught in fall 2007 using the traditional lecture method.The course was used as the control group. The same course was taught as an experimental groupin spring 2011 using creativity for enhancing the technological literacy of the students. Sixassignments based on students on some of the most important environmental issues were givento the students. Each issue was loaded with technological literacy details. The assignments weregraded using a creativity quotient on a scale of 0-7. The creative assignments comprised 20% ofthe course grade. The creativity assignments were the only difference between the control andexperimental groups.In a written survey the students stated that the assignments provided them with a creativity-friendly

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 2

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Angela R. Bielefeldt, University of Colorado, Boulder

Tagged Topics

Diversity

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

ways that have potential benefits and harms withrespect to human rights [32, 33]. For example, autonomous weapon systems have the potential tobe used in violating this right to life and personal security [34]. Students can be encouraged toconsider the trade-offs of these technologies in light of the UDHR Article 3.Right to Privacy- Article 12Article 12 indicates that “no one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with [their] privacy”[1]. Privacy concerns are significant in relation to electronic data (particularly in terms of howthis data can be accessed via the internet) and biometric technologies applied to security/surveillance cameras. Privacy issues are garnering lots of attention [31, 35, 36]; for example, 76papers in the Science

Conference Session

TELPhE Division Technical Session 2: The Broadening Face of Engineering Education

Collection

2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

Authors

Mousumi Roy P.E., University of Connecticut

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

engineering education will experience “convergence” with other disciplinesto solve difficult issues of 21st century and engineers are likely to be “T-shaped thinker,” deep inone field, but able to work across all field and able to communicate well. She predicted the“convergence” of knowledge in the domains of engineering disciplines [13].Intersection of the Digital, Physical and Biological Domains in IR 4.0As described earlier, there was an urgency in developing different fields of expertise during thefirst two industrial revolutions. During the third industrial revolution, new discoveries inindividual field slowed down, and researchers and industry partners started exploring outsidetheir fields. By the end of the 20th century, project-based work

Conference Session

Engineering Literacy: Champions of Engineering in General Education

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John R. Reisel, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

are teaching some of the thought processes used by engineersto the students. At the university level, there are the occasional engineering courses offered tonon-engineering majors, but such courses are frequently low-level and often not taught byregular faculty. As such, students taking such courses may only receive a brief overview of theengineering discipline.Some have argued that engineering faculty need to do more to increase the technical literacy of abroad-spectrum of students. But putting non-majors in the mid-level or upper-level engineeringcourses often taught by faculty would result in overwhelmed students attempting to learnengineering course material without prerequisite knowledge; such an approach is likely to domore harm than

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin; Mani Mina, Iowa State University

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

management for experienced teachers as part of their continuingprofessional development that resulted in a published text in 1989 that was totally revised in20095-6.In so far as engineering was concerned the idea of transdisciplinarity was resurrected by Ertaset al in 2003 who argued that it was the direction the engineering curriculum should take7.Following Kozmetsky8 they defined transdisciplinarity “as the integrated use of [the] tools,techniques and methods from various disciplines. Such thinking forces one to think acrossbeyond and through the academic disciplines to encompass all types of knowledge about anidea, issue or subjects”. It may be argued that the problems faced by engineers will almostalways require of them the application of ideas

Conference Session

Promoting Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Kenneth W. Van Treuren, Baylor University

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

security or in combating terrorism, might be an option. Aninteresting concept to teaching technology is reported by Ollis.18 In this course technologicaldevices are discussed in the context of their use, content of technology, and then dissected as acontraption. This approach has proved very popular with students. Technology 21 is a coursegiven at the University of Denver described as a course for leadership in the new millennium.19Students in this course are given training in energy, materials, gathering information, and howthese topics relate to current global issues in hopes the they will ask the right questions anddevelop well informed answers. Identifying appropriate topics and models for use in suchcourses is also of interest.23, 24Another

Conference Session

Defining and Refining Technological and Engineering Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert M. Brooks, Temple University; Mehmet Cetin, Temple University; Jyothsna Kavuturu

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

, E. W., Journal. of Engineering Education, 1992. 4. Ollis, D., and Krupczak J. “Teaching Technology Literacy: An Opportunity for Design Faculty?” American Society for Engineering Education, 2006. 5. Krupczak, J.J., “Reaching Out Across Campus: Engineers as Champions of Technological Literacy” Liberal Education in Twenty-First Century Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute series on Studies in Science, Technology, and Culture, Vol. 17, D. Ollis, K. Neeley, and H. Luegenbiehl ,editors, Peter Lang Publishers, New York, 2004. 6. Fountain, H., editor, The New York Times Circuits: how electronic things work, New York : St. Martin's Press, New York, 2001. 7. Brain, Marshall, editor, How Stuff

Conference Session

The Philosophy of Engineering and Technological Literacy

Collection

2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

George D. Ricco, Gonzaga University, Spokane

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

through Dasein – a construct meant to engage the philosophicalcommunity with the notion that humanity is at a nexus of object and subject. When the engineerin our American institutions has been treated only as a byproduct for a specific purpose – onethat cannot even construct new physical laws but only manipulate them – the engineer existencecomes into question. While previously I concerned myself with the notion of expanding the construct of theengineer’s place in society, I am more focused on expanding upon a few of Heidegger’sphilosophies here. Although I still feel that the question of how we prepare engineers to thinkphilosophically is a high priority for our field, the current state of affairs indicates that perhapspapers on highly

Conference Session

Experience in Assessing Technological Literacy

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Denise M Wilson, University of Washington; Cheryl Allendoerfer, University of Washington; Ryan C. Campbell, University of Washington; Elizabeth Burpee; Mee Joo Kim, University of Washington- Seattle

Tagged Divisions

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

number of the writing samples as “Not Acceptable” (16% of samples/evaluations),meaning that based on these assessments, (a) the faculty evaluators would not recommend a sixthof the engineering students for a job requiring only basic writing skills, (b) the writing required Page 23.1369.3extensive repair (more than people in the workplace would want to address), and (c) the studentwould not graduate if graduation depended on writing proficiency. This study also points out that“a large portion of the ‘Not Acceptable’ papers showed significant non-native speaker issues.”Furthermore, the study indicated that not many writing samples showed “Strong

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 3

Collection

2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Krupczak Jr., Hope College; John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin; Carl O. Hilgarth, Shawnee State University

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

than science students and from a perceived shortage of engineers. In1963 Donald Hutchings of Oxford University’s department of Education published a report thatsaid that students entering engineering departments possessed lower grades than science studentsin their A level examinations. This caused a furor in the engineering profession.The charge that engineers were of a lower quality than science students appeared at a time whenit was also widely believed there was a shortage of candidates coming forward to studyengineering and technological subjects. It was a continuing issue and schools were continuouslyexhorted to encourage students to study technological subjects. In was in this context the Dean ofthe Faculty of Engineering Science of the

Conference Session

Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering Division Technical Session 1

Collection

2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

John Heywood, Trinity College Dublin

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

(46) project begins 1st issue Studies in Education First of a series of Journals in the field created and edited 1968 and craft by Professor S.J. Eggleston. The titles of subsequent (47) Journal of the College of Craft developments in the field eg. Education Studies in Design Education, Craft and Technology. Journal of Design and Technology Education. International Journal of Technology and Design Education This issue sets a new direction includes research

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

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Diversity

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

definitions, general criterion 3 student outcomes, and general criterion 5 curriculum,” 2015.[3] B. Seely, “‘Patterns in the History of Engineering Education Reform: A Brief Essay,’” in Educating the engineer of 2020: Adapting engineering education to the new century, Washington D.C.: National Academcy Press, 2005, pp. 114–130.[4] M. S. Schiro, Curriculum Theory: Conflicting Visions and Enduring Concerns. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2012.[5] E. T. Pascarella and P. T. Terenzini, How college affects students. 2005.[6] A. Akera, D. M. Riley, R. A. Cheville, J. Karlin, and T. A. DePree, “The Distributed System of Governance in Engineering Education: A Report on Initial Findings,” in Proc. of the Amer. Soc

Conference Session

Aspects of Engineering Literacy and Community and Industry Engagement

Collection

2017 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Lina Trigg, William Mason High School; Heidi A. Diefes-Dux, Purdue University, West Lafayette (College of Engineering)

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Technological and Engineering Literacy/Philosophy of Engineering

replace failed projectswith new projects before the consequences get out of hand.Matt was not as descriptive on risk analysis as Lola, but he had a very similar way ofdetermining which problems were actually worth solving in terms of what financial risks theysolved. “If we see something that’s unique or a mystery and if its truely a million dollar or more problem and it looks like it is going to be a long term problem... then we will make an effort to develop a computer model to understand the issue.”Problems that are less than a million dollars do not have as large of an impact on companyprofits and those kinds of problems tend to take longer than thousand dollar projects.Determining which problems to take on is a risk evaluation as