Title :
Work in Progress: Teaching Science Fiction to Engineering Students
Author :
Carlson, Patricia A.
Author_Institution :
Humanities & Social Sci., Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technol., Terre Haute, IN
Abstract :
This presentation describes a course in science fiction for engineering students that encourages participants to use imaginative literature as a scenario for examining the many contextual issues of technological progress. The pedagogy of the course comes from conjoining of Bloom´s Taxonomy of Cognitive Objectives and William Perry´s Scheme of Intellectual Development. The talk includes samples of assignments derived from the combination of Bloom´s and Perry´s educational models. Appropriate works of science fiction have been selected so as to illustrate four topic areas: (1) globalization and cultural sensitivity, (2) environmental interdependencies, (3) reciprocity between society and technology, and (4) qualities of leadership
Keywords :
engineering education; Scheme of Intellectual Development; Taxonomy of Cognitive Objectives; cultural sensitivity; engineering students; environmental interdependencies; globalization; imaginative literature; leadership qualities; science fiction teaching; society and technology; Appropriate technology; Cultural differences; Design engineering; Education; Engineering students; Globalization; Social implications of technology; Taxonomy; Technology management; Writing; Bloom´s Taxonomy; Perry Scheme; Science Fiction; Writing in the Disciplines (WID);
Conference_Titel :
Frontiers in Education Conference, 36th Annual
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0256-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0190-5848
DOI :
10.1109/FIE.2006.322371
