重新思考工程的性质:关注工程的社会背景
1University of Oklahoma, 121 Collings Hall, Norman, OK 73019 USA.
Science & education
|June 26, 2023
概括
工程自然 (NOE) 研究需要考虑专业背景,而不仅仅是科学平行. 了解工程工程的理解
科学领域:
- 教育研究教育研究
- 在STEM教育方面.
- 工程教育 工程教育教育
背景情况:
- 在STEM倡议的大学前教育中,工程学越来越受到重视.
- 工程的性质 (NOE) 是一个新兴的研究领域,定义工程的身份,实践和社会联系.
- 现有的NOE框架经常借鉴自然科学 (NOS) 研究.
研究的目的:
- 批判性地评估使用自然科学 (NOS) 作为自然工程 (NOE) 研究的模板.
- 识别基于NOS的方法产生的当前NOE框架中的局限性.
- 突出专业背景对理解NOE和推进工程素养的重要性.
主要方法:
- 分析了一些现有的工程性质 (NOE) 框架.
- 检查应用自然科学 (NOS) 概念到NOE时产生的问题和差距.
- 确定专业背景在区分工程实践与科学中的作用.
主要成果:
- 当前的NOE框架,当基于NOS时,往往忽视了工程工作的关键专业背景.
- 这些专业背景显著塑造了工程实践,使其与科学实践区别开来.
- NOE的社会文化维度与专业背景密切相关,对工程素养至关重要,但往往被忽视.
结论:
- 仅仅依靠自然科学 (NOS) 作为自然工程 (NOE) 研究的模型,会带来重大局限性.
- 整合工程的专业背景对于全面了解NOE至关重要.
- 未来的NOE研究和大学前工程指导应该优先考虑这些社会文化层面,以获得更大的影响力.
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