Open AccessTHE EPISTEMIC ROLE OF DESIGN EDUCATION IN AN ENGINEERING SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
Author(s) -
Rubaina Khan,
Lisa Romkey,
Nikita Dawe,
James D. Slotta
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
proceedings of the ... ceea conference
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2371-5243
DOI - 10.24908/pceea.vi0.14967
Subject(s) - coursework , discipline , curriculum , engineering ethics , engineering education , next generation science standards , space (punctuation) , science education , pedagogy , engineering , mathematics education , sociology , psychology , computer science , engineering management , social science , operating system
Design courses in engineering education provide the space in the curriculum to synthesizetheoretical and technical knowledge gained from coursework. As students gain new knowledge and acquire skillsets, there is a need to demonstrate how the learning connects to their professional actions. With practice and rehearsals, students realize the values and dispositionsthey need to possess to be deemed a disciplinary member. In this paper, through semi-structured interviews of six design instructors, we report what instructors think is the epistemic role of design courses in instilling disciplinary values in an Engineering Science program.