Non-technical Studies for Engineers: the Challenge of Relevance
Non-technical Studies for Engineers: the Challenge of Relevance
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工程师的非技术研究：相关性的挑战
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1997
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S. Florman
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S. Florman
摘要如果不考虑学生本身、教育工作者和工程师雇主的意见，我们便不能有效地处理工程师的非技术性学习问题。这需要反思工程师在更大社会中的角色。在美国，严重的“地位”问题使问题变得更加复杂。如果工程师仅仅被视为技术人员，那么非技术性研究的相关性就会受到质疑。然而，非技术研究是我们希望将工程师从技术人员转变为真正的专业人员的一种手段。我们必须找到打破这种瘫痪循环的方法。
SUMMARY We cannot deal effectively with the question of non-technical studies for engineers without considering the views of the students themselves, as well as those of educators and employers of engineers. This entails reflecting on the role of the engineer in the greater society. In the US, there are serious problems of ‘status’ that complicate the matter. If engineers are viewed as mere technicians, then the relevance of non-technical studies is called into question. Yet non-technical studies are a means by which we hope to change engineers from technicians into true professionals. We must find ways to break this paralyzing cycle.