STS in Engineering Education: Contributions from the Engineering, Technology and Society Network

Authors

  • Javier Jiménez Becerra FLACSO
  • Jorge Rojas-Álvarez UIUC

Keywords:

engineering education, active teaching, design in context, technology social management

Abstract

Based on the teaching experience of the Engineering, Technology and Society Network, this paper analyzes the contributions made by STS studies to engineering education. This network offers educational perspectives for engineering students in their first semesters of higher education and has added recently a graduate education approach. This article describes how STS scholarship contributed a comprehensive view of technology, interdisciplinarity and development of critical thinking. Finally, it reviews STS education through active teaching and design in context, and describes the emergence of a graduate certificate program under an engineering, technology and society approach. This program combines engineering, social participation, technological assessment and STS thinking.

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Author Biographies

Javier Jiménez Becerra, FLACSO

Professor, CTS-LAB FLACSO, Ecuador.

Jorge Rojas-Álvarez, UIUC

Ph.D. (c), Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), United States.

 

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Published

2022-11-25

How to Cite

Jiménez Becerra, J., & Rojas-Álvarez, J. (2022). STS in Engineering Education: Contributions from the Engineering, Technology and Society Network. Revista Iberoamericana De Ciencia, Tecnología Y Sociedad - CTS (Ibero-American Science, Technology and Society Journal), 17(51), 265–284. Retrieved from https://ojs.revistacts.net/index.php/CTS/article/view/329

Issue

Vol. 17 No. 51 (2022)

Section

Dossier

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