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Jan 1965

Teaching Engineering Attitude to Students

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Publication: Journal of Professional Practice
Volume 91, Issue 1

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Real engineering problems are usually incompletely specified initially and a large part of an engineer's work consists of collecting and sifting data, and arranging and solving simplified models, before his problem reaches more precise definition. Scientific knowledge is applied to the simplified model, rather than to the real problem, and much bold imagination is required to arrange the models, interpret them and make decisions based on the results. It is important that students be trained in decision making by developing and exercising engineering attitude. Such training can be given in lecture and laboratory classes in universities and colleges. Examples of typical suitable methods of lecture class and laboratory instruction are given; they are taken mainly from structural engineering.

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Journal of Professional Practice
Volume 91Issue 1January 1965
Pages: 1 - 24

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Published in print: Jan 1965
Published online: Feb 8, 2021

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