Engineering justice
Subtitle: transforming engineering education and practice
By: Jon A. Leydens and Juan C. Lucena
Contributors: Lucena, Juan C., author
Series: IEEE PCS Professional Engineering Communication Series; IEEE PCS professional engineering communication series
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781118757307
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Engineering; Study and teaching; Curricula; Social aspects; Engineering ethics; Philosophy; Social justice
Description: "Using social justice as a catalyst for curricular transformation, Engineering Justice presents an examination of how politics, culture, and other social issues are inherent in the practice of engineering. It aims to align engineering curricula with socially just outcomes, increase enrollment among underrepresented groups, and lessen lingering gender, class, and ethnicity gaps by showing how the power of engineering knowledge can be explicitly harnessed to serve the underserved and address social inequalities. This book is meant to transform the way educators think about engineering curricula through creating or transforming existing courses to attract, retain, and motivate engineering students to become professionals who enact engineering for social justice"--amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Social justice is often invisible in engineering education and practice; title: Engineering design for social justice; title: Social justice in the engineering sciences; title: Humanities and social sciences in engineering education: from irrelevance to social justice; title: Transforming engineering education and practice; title: Conclusion: making social justice visible and valued.