Title :
Work in progress: Engineering education and pragmatism: Imagining an undergraduate engineering course based on the educational philosophy of John Dewey
Author :
Omidvar, I. ; Mina, Mani
Author_Institution :
Dept. of English, Tech. Commun. & Media Arts, Southern Polytech. State Univ., Marietta, GA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we attempt to envision - in the spirit of a mind experiment - a specific and practicable engineering course (an engineering studio) using as our guide the basic principles of John Dewey´s educational philosophy, which continues to influence all levels of American education (as can be seen, for example, in references to his ideas on education in the Boyer Report).
Keywords :
educational courses; engineering education; American education; Boyer report; John Dewey educational philosophy; educational philosophy; engineering education; engineering studio; pragmatism; undergraduate engineering course; Art; Educational institutions; Engineering students; Laboratories; Standards; Dewey and engineering; engineering synthesis; open design; philosophy of engineering; pragmatism and engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2012
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1353-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2012.6462339
