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Tiêu đề

A Course in Energy and Public Policy—A Liberal-Art Course for Power Engineers and Public Administrators

Tác giả

Feldman J.M.; Hirshorn S.I.

Năm xuất bản

1978

Source title

IEEE Transactions on Education

Số trích dẫn

DOI

10.1109/TE.1978.4321219

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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0018002613&doi=10.1109%2fTE.1978.4321219&partnerID=40&md5=f68be5966bdcc57cb6bbed35f60c3d13

Tóm tắt

We present herein a report on an interdisciplinary course in Energy and Public Policy that is now required of all Power Systems Engineering students at Northeastern University. The course is based on objectives put forth by T. J. Nagel [1]. Briefly, these are: (1) To provide a broad overview of the technical, economic, social and political aspects of the energy problem; (2) To enable the student to gain insight into the wide variety of rational and irrational arguments that surround the energy industry; (3) To enable the student to develop effective methods for dealing with complex interdisciplinary problems where he/she is but one member of a team; and (4) To help the student develop improved written and verbal communication skills. This paper describes our first effort at balancing and combining the methodologies of seminar, lecture and debate to work toward our four objectives. We were quite successful in producing a course that aroused enthusiasm. The course proved far more effective than we anticipated in developing communication skills. On the other hand, an unbiased examination of the students’ papers and debates would have found them long on enthusiasm but short on scholarship. This paper presents our analysis of why this happened and how we intend to improve upon our initial effort. Copyright © 1978 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

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Tài liệu tham khảo

Nagel T.J., What’s Missing in Power Systems Engineering Education, (1976); Ginter L.E., Report of the Committee on Evaluation of Engineering Education, J. of Eng. Eng. Ed, 46, pp. 26-60, (1956); Knowledge into Action: Improving the Nation's Use of the Social Sciences, pp. 27-28, (1969); Engineers Train for Role in Public Affairs, Chem. Eng. News, 49, pp. 51-52, (1971); Guide-lines and Standards for Undergraduate Degree Programs in Public Affairs and Administration, (1976)