DocumentCode
343082
Title
Concretizing control education
Author
Bernstein, Dennis S.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Aerosp. Eng., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1999
fDate
2-4 Jun 1999
Firstpage
1455
Abstract
Education must be both conceptual and experiential. Abstract concepts are elegant and powerful, but learning is always enhanced by direct experience. The author believes that control education can benefit by becoming more specific. Control theory and much of control education is highly conceptual. In fact, control engineering tends to be the least tangible of all subjects in the engineering curriculum. In the hope of tipping the balance from the conceptual to the experiential, the author offers several suggestions
Keywords
control engineering education; abstract concepts; conceptual education; control education; direct experience; experiential education; Aerodynamics; Circuits; Concrete; Control engineering; Control engineering education; Control theory; Feedback; Friction; Power engineering and energy; Uncertainty;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
American Control Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
ISSN
0743-1619
Print_ISBN
0-7803-4990-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ACC.1999.783610
Filename
783610
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