TY - JOUR
T1 - Shifting engineering education from disciplinary to transdisciplinary practice
AU - Ertas, Atila
AU - Frias, Kellilynn M.
AU - Tate, Derrick
AU - Back, Susan M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 TEMPUS Publications.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This paper examines current global challenges and the ways in which engineering education must adapt. In particular, the paper argues the need for a transdisciplinary approach to engineering education in which the methods, tools, concepts, and theories from multiple disciplines are integrated in a holistic manner to achieve a common understanding of complex issues, questions, or problems that incorporates both academic and non-academic knowledge. The paper contrasts interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches based on experience at the undergraduate and graduate level in the College of Engineering at Texas Tech University. Based on successes with the graduate transdisciplinary program and student feedback, an outline for extending transdisciplinary education to undergraduate engineering programs is proposed, and questions for further research are identified. Two survey results on transdisciplinary education are also reported in this paper.
AB - This paper examines current global challenges and the ways in which engineering education must adapt. In particular, the paper argues the need for a transdisciplinary approach to engineering education in which the methods, tools, concepts, and theories from multiple disciplines are integrated in a holistic manner to achieve a common understanding of complex issues, questions, or problems that incorporates both academic and non-academic knowledge. The paper contrasts interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches based on experience at the undergraduate and graduate level in the College of Engineering at Texas Tech University. Based on successes with the graduate transdisciplinary program and student feedback, an outline for extending transdisciplinary education to undergraduate engineering programs is proposed, and questions for further research are identified. Two survey results on transdisciplinary education are also reported in this paper.
KW - Engineering education
KW - Interdisciplinary
KW - Transdisciplinary
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84921787508
SN - 0949-149X
VL - 31
SP - 94
EP - 105
JO - International Journal of Engineering Education
JF - International Journal of Engineering Education
IS - 1
ER -