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Persönlichkeitsbildung durch das Studium
Author(s) -
Stephan Karl
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.330660803
Subject(s) - personality , contradiction , competence (human resources) , engineering education , personality development , psychology , engineering ethics , sociology , pedagogy , engineering , social psychology , engineering management , epistemology , philosophy
Personality Development through University Studies. At present universities are often accused of contributing insufficiently to the personality education of their students. There is a demand for a more comprehensive personality education during university studies. This runs counter to contradiction to demands for a shorter duration of studies, because personality education takes time. This paper examines what personality education means and to what extent the study of engineering sciences can contribute to it. It demonstrates that the study of engineering disciplines imparts many values contributing to the personality education. Some other features of the development of a person are embedded in the structure of that person and can only be communicated in part through education. Engineers are usually not well trained to assess the social consequences of their technical actions. It is therefore suggested that some universities concentrate on the education of generalists who acquire a broad knowledge in the engineering sciences and a high social competence.