Caroline (Hrsg.) Baillie

Engineering and Social Justice

In the University and Beyond

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An increasing number of researchers and educators in the field of engineering wish to integrate considerations of social justice into their work and practice. In this volume, an international team of authors, from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, invite scholars to think and teach in new ways that acknowledge the social, as well as technical, impact engineering can have on our world and that open possibilities for social justice movements to help shape engineering and technology. The book examines three areas of an engineering academics professional role: teaching, research, and community engagement. The contributors take a broad social a… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Pawley, Alice (Hrsg.) / Riley, Donna (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-1-55753-606-8
EAN: 9781557536068
Produktnummer: 11077565
Verlag: Purdue University Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm 456 g
Gewicht: 456
Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor

Caroline Baillie is chair of engineering education in the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics at the University of Western Australia. She cofounded the global Engineering and Social Justice network and her not-for-profit organization Waste for Life works to create poverty-reducing solutions to environmental issues. Alice Pawley is an assistant professor in the School of Engineering Education and an affiliate faculty member in the Women's Studies Program at Purdue University. Donna Riley is associate professor and a founding faculty member in the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College, the first accredited engineering program at a U.S. women's college.