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

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Christensen, Steen Hyldgaard (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Mitcham, Carl (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Li, Bocong (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), An, Yanming (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: Philosophy of Engineering and Technology, 11
• Θέματα: Engineering.; Philosophy.; Curriculums (Courses of study).; Education > Curricula.; Engineering design.; Sustainable development.; Sociology.; Engineering Design.; Curriculum Studies.; Sustainable Development.; Philosophy of Technology.; Sociology, general.

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 cros...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 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.                               .