Engineering and Social Justice

178 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h13min.
This book is aimed at engineering academics worldwide, who are attempting to bring social justice into their work and practice, or who would like to but don't know where to start. This is the first book dedicated specifically to University professionals on Engineering and Social Justice, an emerging and exciting area of research and practice. An international team of multidisciplinary authors share their insights and invite and inspire us to reformulate the way we work. Each chapter is based on research and yet presents the outcomes of scholarly studies in a user oriented style. We look at all three areas of an engineering academic's professional role: research, teaching and community engagement. Some of our team have created classes which help students think through their role as engineering practitioners in society. Others are focusing their research on outcomes that are socially just and for client groups who are marginalized and powerless. Yet others are consciously engaging local community groups and exploring ways in which the University might 'serve' communities at home and globally from a post-development perspective. We are additionally concerned with the student cohort and who has access to engineering studies. We take a broad social and ecological justice perspective to critique existing and explore alternative practices. This book is a handbook for any engineering academic, who wishes to develop engineering graduates as well as technologies and practices that are non-oppressive, equitable and engaged. It is also an essential reader for anyone studying in this interdisciplinary juncture of social science and engineering. Scholars using a critical theoretical lens on engineering practice and education, from Science and Technology Studies, History and Philosophy of Engineering, Engineering and Science Education will find this text invaluable.Foreword: Reflections on engineering and social justice in teaching, learning, and research, by Karl A. Smith Introduction: In the university and beyond, by Caroline Baillie, Alice L. Pawley, and Donna Riley Teaching and learning: Bringing social justice into the engineering classroom Chapter 1: Developing human-centered design practices and perspectives through service-learning, by Monica E. Cardella, Carla B. Zoltowski, and William C. Oakes Chapter 2: An ethnographic study of social justice themes in engineering education, by George D. Ricco and Matthew W. Ohland Research: Developing projects and outcomes that promote social justice Chapter 3: What counts as “engineering”: Toward a redefinition, by Alice L. Pawley Chapter 4: Waste for life: Socially just materials research, by Caroline Baillie Chapter 5: Turbulent fluid mechanics, high speed weapons, and the story of the Earth, by George Catalano Engagement: Serving local and global communities Chapter 6: Community colleges, engineering, and social justice, by Lisa A. McLoughlin Chapter 7: Low socioeconomic status individuals: An invisible minority in engineering, by Michele L Strutz, Marisa K. Orr, and Matthew W. Ohland Chapter 8: Viewing access and persistence in engineering through a socioeconomic lens, by Matthew W. Ohland, Marisa K. Orr, Valerie Lundy-Wagner, Cindy P. Veenstra, and Russell A. Long Chapter 9: An alternative tour of Ford Hall: Service toward education and transformation, by Donna Riley Index