Workshop on the Philosophical Foundations of Engineering and Engineering Education

本项目赞助了一个研讨会，以推进工程认识论的研究议程，这是2005年美国国家科学基金会赞助的工程教育研究研讨会中确定的五个领域之一，但受到的关注相对较少。跨学科会议将汇集来自不同学科和教育系统的思想家，以确定未来的研究方向。这个项目更广泛的意义和重要性在于创建一个强大的研究网络，跨越学科界限，连接历史上不同社区的成员。研讨会的长期成果和由此产生的研究可能会对工程学的教学方式产生潜在的广泛影响。

This project sponsors a workshop to advance a research agenda in engineering epistemologies, one of the five areas identified in a 2005 NSF sponsored workshop on engineering education research that has received relatively little attention. The interdisciplinary conference will draw together thinkers from a variety of disciplines and educational systems to identify directions for future study. The broader significance and importance of this project lies in creating a robust research network that crosses disciplinary boundaries and connects members of historically different communities. The long-term results of the workshop and the research arising from it can have a potentially broad impact on how engineering is taught.