Engineering, Development and Philosophy American, Chinese and European Perspectives /

This inclusive, cross-cultural study rethinks the nexus between engineering, development, and culture. It offers diverse commentary from a range of disciplinary perspectives on how the philosophies of today's cultural triumvirate-American, European and Chinese-are shaped and given nuance by the...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Christensen, Steen Hyldgaard (Editor ), Mitcham, Carl (Editor ), Li, Bocong (Editor ), An, Yanming (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Colección:Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 11
Temas:
Engineering design.
Education > Curricula.
Sustainability.
Technology > Philosophy.
Sociology.
Engineering Design.
Curriculum Studies.
Philosophy of Technology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Rethinking Philosophy of Engineering and Development
  • Introduction; Erich W. Schienke and Brent K. Jesiek
  • Chapter 1. Turning Engineering Green: Sustainable Development and Engineering Education; Andrew Jamison
  • Chapter 2. From a Micro-Macro Framework to a Micro-Meso-Macro Framework; Bocong Li
  • Chapter 3. Traditional Chinese Thinking and Its Influence on Modern Engineering and Social Development; Qian Wang and Qin Zhu
  • Chapter 4. Engineering and Development in Modern China: Challenges and Responses; Xiaonan Hong and Li Ma
  • Chapter 5. "Ecocity China": An Ethos under Development; Erich W. Schienke
  • Chapter 6. Negotiated Development: Rediscovering a Global Development Ethic; Peter McEvoy, Jane Grimson, and William Grimson
  • Part II. Rethinking Engineering Education
  • Introduction; Andrew Jamison and Yi Shen
  • Chapter 7. The Challenge of Educating Engineers for a Close, Crowded and Creative World; Ela Krawczyk and Mike Murphy
  • Chapter 8. Educating Chinese Engineers: The Case of Shanghai Jiao Tong University during 1896-1949; Brent K. Jesiek and Yi Shen
  • Chapter 9. Academic Drift in European Professional Engineering Education: The End of Alternatives to the University?; Steen Hyldgaard Christensen
  • Chapter 10. Governing Engineering; Anders Buch
  • Chapter 11. Historical Tensions in Engineering Education: European Perspectives; Andrew Jamison and Matthias Heymann
  • Chapter 12. Socio-technical integration in Engineering Education: A Never Ending Story; Steen Hyldgaard Christensen and Erik Ernø Kjølhede
  • Chapter 13. Tensions in Developing Engineering Design Competencies; Ulrik Jørgensen
  • Chapter 14. The Local Engineer: Normative Holism in Engineering Formation; Gary Lee Downey
  • Chapter 15. Eyes Wide Shut? Loyalty and Practical Morality in Engineering Education; Martine Buser and Christian Koch
  • Part III. Rethinking Perspectives on Engineering, Nature and Society
  • Introduction; Martin Meganck and Yanming An
  • Chapter 16. Ex-students engaged in "Engineers without Borders": What Have They Become?; Christelle Didier
  • Chapter 17. Socio-technical Integration: Research Policies in the United States, European Union, and China; Hannot Rodríguez, Hu Mingyan and Erik Fisher
  • Chapter 18. Inheritance Ethics in Engineering Development: Comparison Between Shenyang and Ruhr on Industrial Heritage Conservation; Jian Wang and Jia Chen
  • Chapter 19. Dam Construction Ethics in China; Zhihui Zhang
  • Chapter 20. The Development of Railroads in the United States and China; Nan Wang
  • Chapter 21. Engineering Leadership; Mike Murphy and Eugene Coyle
  • Chapter 22. Harmonization with Nature: Ancient Chinese Views and Technological Development
  • Chapter 23. Lynn White Revisited: Religious and Cultural Backgrounds for Technological Development; Martin Meganck
  • Author Biographies
  • Index.                               .

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