Transformative Engineering Education: The What, How, and Who Brent K. Jesiek, Ph.D. School of Engineering Education School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN USA [email_address] SEFI Annual Conference 2009 – Rotterdam, The Netherlands – July 1, 2009

What are we trying to achieve? Transformative approaches to engineering learning and teaching that effectively prepare the: engineer of 2020 21 st century engineer engineer of the future [your favorite phrase] 2

Transformative approaches to engineering learning and teaching that effectively prepare the:

engineer of 2020

21 st century engineer

engineer of the future

[your favorite phrase]

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How might we achieve transformative engineering education? 4 Ideas-to-Innovation Studio at Purdue University

How might we achieve transformative engineering education? Some possibilities: problem- and project-based learning (PBL) 4 Ideas-to-Innovation Studio at Purdue University

Some possibilities:

problem- and project-based learning (PBL)

How might we achieve transformative engineering education? Some possibilities: problem- and project-based learning (PBL) global engineering education 4 Ideas-to-Innovation Studio at Purdue University

Some possibilities:

problem- and project-based learning (PBL)

global engineering education

How might we achieve transformative engineering education? Some possibilities: problem- and project-based learning (PBL) global engineering education training engineers as sociotechnical scientists 4 Ideas-to-Innovation Studio at Purdue University

Some possibilities:

problem- and project-based learning (PBL)

global engineering education

training engineers as sociotechnical scientists

Making Visible the Sociality of Design 5 “ Designing is a social process. … [D]esign is best seen as a social process of negotiation and consensus, a consensus somewhat awkwardly expressed in the final product.” – Louis Bucciarelli, Designing Engineers (1994) “ The technical universe is a social universe that is less widely known than that of the Peul shepherds or the Jivaro Indians.” – Dominique Vinck, Everyday Engineering (2003)

“ Designing is a social process. … [D]esign is best seen as a social process of negotiation and consensus, a consensus somewhat awkwardly expressed in the final product.” – Louis Bucciarelli, Designing Engineers (1994)

“ The technical universe is a social universe that is less widely known than that of the Peul shepherds or the Jivaro Indians.” – Dominique Vinck, Everyday Engineering (2003)

© 1973 IEEE Ready Made Technology Engineering Design is Orderly, Hierarchical Engineers are Skilled Technical Professionals 6

© 1973 IEEE Ready Made Technology Technology in the Making Engineering Design is Orderly, Hierarchical Design Involves Chance, Disorder, Creativity Engineers are Skilled Technical Professionals Engineers are Sociotechnical Scientists 6

Learning the Sociality of Engineering Design Techniques/Methods Needs assessment Systems thinking Life-cycle analysis Interviews and focus groups Participant observation Ethnographic observation Teaching and learning contexts Problems and projects Global experiences Case studies On-the-job training 7

Techniques/Methods

Needs assessment

Systems thinking

Life-cycle analysis

Interviews and focus groups

Participant observation

Ethnographic observation

Teaching and learning contexts

Problems and projects

Global experiences

Case studies

On-the-job training

Who will lead the transformation? (And how will we know it is working?) 8

9 Within and Across Disciplines, Institutions, Countries, and Regions Transformative Cycles of Teaching, Research, Policymaking

Transformative Engineering Education: The What, How, and Who Brent K. Jesiek, Ph.D. School of Engineering Education School of Electrical and Computer Engineering Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN USA [email_address] SEFI Annual Conference 2009 – Rotterdam, The Netherlands – July 1, 2009