Creative Ways of Knowing in Engineering

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bairaktarova, Diana (Editor), Eodice, Michele (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Education > Data processing.; Technical education.; Engineering > Vocational guidance.; Job Careers in Science and Engineering.; Engineering/Technology Education.; Computers and Education.

This book offers a platform for engineering educators who are interested in implementing a “creative ways of knowing” approach to presenting engineering concepts. The case studies in this book reveal how students learn through creative engagement that includes not only design and build activities, b...

Table of Contents:

• The New Renaissance Artificers: Harnessing the Power of Creativity in the Engineering Classroom
• The Engineers’ Orchestra: A Conductorless Orchestra for Our Time
• Science Fiction as Platform for Problem-Based Learning and Teaching Writing as Design
• “Writing as Knowing: Creative Knowing through Multiple Messaging Modes in an Engineering Technical Communications Course”
• The Engineering of a Writing Assignment: Optimizing the Research Paper in an Introductory Chemical Engineering Course in the United Arab Emirates
• Creativity and Identity in the Construction of Professional Portfolios
• Uneasy Stories: Critical Reflection Narratives in Engineering Education
• Ethical Dilemmas in the Engineering Writing Classroom
• Creative Ways of Knowing and the Future of Engineering Education
• Afterword.