LEADER 03530oam 2200613I 450 001 9910825859203321 005 20240123192629.0 010 $a0-429-22785-X 010 $a0-415-63696-5 024 7 $a10.1201/b15792 035 $a(CKB)2670000000394873 035 $a(EBL)1375232 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001036973 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11613016 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001036973 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11042349 035 $a(PQKB)11199912 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1375232 035 $a(OCoLC)861505105 035 $a(CaSebORM)9780415636964 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000394873 100 $a20180420d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aEngineering practice in a global context $eunderstanding the technical and the social /$feditors, Bill Williams, Polytechnic Institute of Setubal, Portugal, Jose Figueiredo, IST, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal, James Trevelyan, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia 210 1$aBoca Raton :$cCRC Press,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (300 p.) 300 $a"A Balkema book." 311 $a1-138-37256-0 311 $a1-315-87936-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aFront Cover; Table of contents; Foreword; About the editors; Acknowledgement; Introduction; 1. On the historical nature of engineering practice; 2. Towards a theoretical framework for engineering practice; 3. The practical confrontation of engineers with a new design endeavour: The case of digital humanities; 4. Engineering design teams: Considering the forests and the trees; 5. Working together across disciplines; 6. Engineering problem-solving in social contexts: 'Collective wisdom' and 'ba'; 7. Finding workable solutions: Portuguese engineering experience 327 $a8. Going back to heterogeneous engineering: The case of micro and nanotechnologies9. Professional lock-in: Structural engineers, architects and the disconnect between discourse and practice; 10. Observations of South Asian engineering practice; 11. Mathematics in engineering practice: Tacit trumps tangible; 12. Engineers' professional learning: Through the lens of practice; Glossary 330 $aThis book characterizes the technical and social aspects of engineering practice and to look at ways that this characterization can be important in the design of engineering courses in higher education. The principal contours of the work include the study of engineering practice and its relation to knowledge, competences and to cross-disciplinary and identity contexts. Empirical data on the practice of engineering professionals are presented from a range of companies in different national contexts, including engineering design companies and engineering innovation leaders--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aEngineering$xSocial aspects 606 $aEngineering$xStudy and teaching (Higher) 615 0$aEngineering$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aEngineering$xStudy and teaching (Higher) 676 $a338.4/762 676 $a338.4762 686 $aTEC009000$aTEC009020$aTEC009070$2bisacsh 702 $aWilliams$b Bill$f1947- 702 $aFigueiredo$b Jose 702 $aTrevelyan$b James P. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825859203321 996 $aEngineering practice in a global context$94054832 997 $aUNINA