Breaking Paradigms in Engineering Education

Authors

  • Walter Antonio Bazzo Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)
  • Luis Texeira do Vale Pereira Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Keywords:

engineering education, technological development, engineering educational paradigms

Abstract

Although the education of a civilization begins significantly before engineering education, we will not choose the easy path of transferring possible problems to the earlier stages of the education process. As engineering professors, we do not absolve ourselves of the most direct responsibilities that concern us. In this paper we present a critical viewpoint of engineering education in Brazil, with the aim of opening discussions regarding its relevance to a better educated citizenship, especially in relation to the education of citizen-engineers who know about technology and therefore should be held accountable in their areas of competence. We also summarize some of the actions that we have applied during our forty years of teaching experience, in the pursuit of a more critical education and a more effective contribution to the development of technology in service to the social sphere.

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Author Biographies

Walter Antonio Bazzo, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

epartamento de Engenharia Mecânica, CTC, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brasil. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação Científica e Tecnológica (PPGECT). Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Educação Tecnológica (NEPET).

Luis Texeira do Vale Pereira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC)

Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, CTC, UFSC.

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Published

2019-06-27

How to Cite

Bazzo, W. A., & Texeira do Vale Pereira, L. (2019). Breaking Paradigms in Engineering Education. Revista Iberoamericana De Ciencia, Tecnología Y Sociedad - CTS (Ibero-American Science, Technology and Society Journal), 14(41). Retrieved from https://ojs.revistacts.net/index.php/CTS/article/view/115

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 41 (2019)

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