Social and Critical Consciousness Across the Engineering Curriculum
Description
Driven by scholarly work that promotes incorporating the study of social justice issues in the engineering curriculum, this work-in-progress paper focuses on teaching social and critical consciousness in engineering. The purpose of this study is to discuss and compare the implementation of social and critical consciousness in a first-year general education engineering course and a senior design engineering course.
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PUBLICATION DETAILS
Type
Conference proceeding
Publisher
Research in Engineering Education Network
Publication Website URL
Topic(s)
Cultural Relevance, Equity, and Diversity
Informal Learning and Afterschool
STEM Content and Standards
Publication Year
2017
Additional Disciplines
Engineering - general
Engineering - aerospace
Engineering - astronomy
Engineering - design
Engineering - nanotechnology
Engineering - robotics