This book offers a platform for engineering educators who are interested in implementing a “creative ways of knowing” approach to presenting engineering concepts. The case studies in this book reveal how students learn through creative engagement that includes not only design and build activities, but also creative presentations of learning, such as composing songs, writing poems and short stories, painting and drawing, as well as designing animations and comics. Any engineering educator will find common ground with the authors, who are all experienced engineering and liberal arts professors, who have taken the step to include creative activities and outlets for students learning engineering.
Author(s): Diana Bairaktarova, Michele Eodice (eds.)
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 234
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
The New Renaissance Artificers: Harnessing the Power of Creativity in the Engineering Classroom....Pages 1-22
The Engineers’ Orchestra: A Conductorless Orchestra for Our Time....Pages 23-58
Science Fiction as Platform for Problem-Based Learning and Teaching Writing as Design....Pages 59-97
Writing as Knowing: Creative Knowing Through Multiple Messaging Modes in an Engineering Technical Communications Course....Pages 99-120
The Engineering of a Writing Assignment: Optimizing the Research Paper in an Introductory Chemical Engineering Course in the United Arab Emirates....Pages 121-150
Creativity and Identity in the Construction of Professional Portfolios....Pages 151-172
Uneasy Stories: Critical Reflection Narratives in Engineering Education....Pages 173-196
Ethical Dilemmas in the Engineering Writing Classroom....Pages 197-218
Creative Ways of Knowing and the Future of Engineering Education....Pages 219-232
Back Matter....Pages 233-234
