Engineering and Modern Society: A Freshman Course

工程与现代社会：新生课程

• 批准号: 9150575
• 负责人: David Billington
• 金额: $ 10.5万
• 依托单位: Princeton University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1991
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1991-07-01 至 1993-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9150575&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Engineering; Modern; Society; Freshman; Course

The goal of this program is to develop an introductory-level course in engineering aimed at freshman engineering students but open to all students. The new course, made up of a series of integrated teaching units, focuses on the total system within which modern engineering operates and on the centrality of innovation for engineering. The course also introduces students to techniques for more effective communication through written and visual means. In addition to the teaching units and the course itself, a network of teachers is established to disseminate the new materials. These materials introduce students to the scientific basis for engineering, the social context within which modern engineering arises, and the intimate relationship between engineering and modern culture.

该计划的目标是开发一门工程学入门水平的课程，面向工程专业的新生，但对所有学生开放。新课程由一系列综合教学单元组成，重点放在现代工程运行的总体系统中，以及工程创新的中心。本课程还向学生介绍通过书面和视觉手段进行更有效沟通的技巧。除了教学单位和课程本身，还建立了一个教师网络来传播新材料。这些材料向学生介绍工程学的科学基础，现代工程学产生的社会背景，以及工程学与现代文化之间的密切关系。