Cohen, B., & Rossmann, J. S., & Sanford Bernhardt, K. L. (2014, June), Introducing Engineering as a Socio-technical Process  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana. 10.18260/1-2--20699

\bibitem{asee_peer_20699}
  Cohen, B., \& Rossmann, J. S., \& Sanford Bernhardt, K. L. (2014, June), \emph{Introducing Engineering as a Socio-technical Process}
  Paper presented at 2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  10.18260/1-2--20699

Benjamin Cohen, Jenn Stroud Rossmann, and Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt.  "Introducing Engineering as a Socio-technical Process".  2014 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2014.  https://peer.asee.org/20699 Internet.  24 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_20699}
  Benjamin Cohen, Jenn Stroud Rossmann, and Kristen L. Sanford Bernhardt.
  "Introducing Engineering as a Socio-technical Process".
  \emph{2014 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2014, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2014.
  https://peer.asee.org/20699 Internet.  24 Apr, 2024

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AB  -                 Introducing Engineering as a Socio-technical SystemThis paper describes efforts to introduce engineering as an inherently socio-technical process toengineering and other students at a liberal arts college. Our efforts comprise an attempt to presentengineering as a component of the liberal arts in that it shares creative, innovative, and culturalelements with other liberal arts disciplines, and it is also a mode of inquiry and buildingunderstanding the world. Our approach follows from the view that while engineering as apractice is widely understood to include skills in calculation, design, technical dexterity,communication, imagination, values, and social relations, introductory coursework often focuseson engineering in isolation from the larger socio-technical context that holds those skills together.A focus for these efforts is the piloting of a course introducing first-year students to engineeringas a socio-technical mode of engagement. The new course, taught within the structure of arequired “Introduction to Engineering” framework, develops a socio-technical concept oftechnology as a system and engineering as a multi-faceted (not strictly technical) activity. Thisfollows from innovations in engineering pedagogy from decades of STS scholarship, and fromthe emerging field of engineering studies scholarship. This paper will discuss the unique featuresof this effort at a small liberal arts college. The authors of the paper are associated with theEngineering Studies Program on campus. They include the faculty member teaching the course,a faculty colleague who has been collaborating specifically on the integration of the socio-technical content, and the Program chair. The paper outlines the integration between engineeringand the liberal arts on campus, describes recent curricular changes that can facilitate the infusionof the socio-technical perspective throughout a student’s career, explains the model for theIntroduction to Engineering course, details that structure of the pilot course, and assesses theeffectiveness of the pilot course.
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