Abstract
An education system that cultivates a sufficient number of employable engineers seems to be hard to achieve. However, it has been demonstrated that education that focuses on developing habits of mind, such as perseverance and curiosity, has great potential for enhancing an individual’s success in the labour market in the longer term. Therefore it is important to understand how best to incorporate these dispositions, often unhelpfully called ‘softer’ skills, into the STEM curriculum. Having identified six Engineering Habits of Mind (EHoM) for Royal Academy of Engineering in earlier research, in this paper we explore the pedagogies underpinning the cultivation of these EHoM in the classroom. We outline initial findings from a project where we have been collaborating with teachers in primary, secondary and further education contexts using an action research methodology to support them in embedding the teaching of EHoM into science, mathematics, design & technology and engineering curricula. This paper explores four specific pedagogic strategies that have emerged to cultivate EHoM and discusses ways in which their use might have an impact on the role of educators.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Sixth International Symposium of Engineering Education (ISEE 2016) |
Subtitle of host publication | 14-15 July 2016 |
Editors | Platon Kapranos |
Place of Publication | Manchester |
Pages | 157-164 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | Sixth International Symposium of Engineering Education - University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom Duration: 14 Jul 2016 → 15 Jul 2016 Conference number: Sixth http://isee2016.group.shef.ac.uk/proceedings.html |
Conference
Conference | Sixth International Symposium of Engineering Education |
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Abbreviated title | ISEE 2016 |
Country | United Kingdom |
City | Sheffield |
Period | 14/07/16 → 15/07/16 |
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Keywords
- Engineering habits of mind
- Engineering education
- Pedagogy
- Employability