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Tiêu đề
Ecology and engineering: Changing paradigms
Tác giả
Wiedenhoeft R.V.
Năm xuất bản
1999
Source title
Journal of Engineering Education
Số trích dẫn
8
DOI
10.1002/j.2168-9830.1999.tb00404.x
Liên kết
Tóm tắt
Human activities, particularly in industrialized countries, are placing heavy burdens on the carrying capacity of the Earth and hence challenging engineers to consider new paradigms. Since Sustainable Development has become a standard against which engineering projects are increasingly measured, mission statements and learning goals for academic engineering programs are being modified to reflect growing ecological awareness. Faculty members in liberal arts departments of engineering schools are contributing by developing courses that link ecology with engineering. As part of re-examining the undergraduate curriculum at Colorado School of Mines (CSM), faculty members in the Division of Liberal Arts and International Studies (LAIS) have developed a new core course called "Nature and Human Values." Changing paradigms would require that engineers be educated to question die sustainability of current patterns of production and consumption and to consider which practices need to be changed. This paper considers principles leading to courses intended to foster new ecological paradigms among engineers.
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Nơi xuất bản
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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Review
Open Access
Nguồn
Scopus