tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813716076423526248.post4684828847696160877..comments2009-10-06T08:30:03.142-05:00Comments on History and Philosophy of Engineering Education: Noddings 5-7 (sort of)alicepawleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09722642544674784808noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6813716076423526248.post-12878302851049317862009-09-13T10:17:11.946-05:002009-09-13T10:17:11.946-05:00The philosophy stuff is very interesting, but I do...The philosophy stuff is very interesting, but I don’t think it is needed to be a good teacher. Going back to Palmer, it seems that the core of what philosophy is, is reflection on action. An individual learns and witnesses learning and reflects on that and notices how learning took place and creates a sort of theory on how institutions should be run in order to install learning and create their idea of a “good” society.<br /><br />That being said, I think reflection is key for good teaching. You might not get good teachers who never learned about the philosophy of it, but all good teachers look at their methods, analyze it and continuously work on improving it.<br /><br />As for change in engineering, this is something I have used a lot of mind power on, and ultimately I found. It is happening. It might seem slow, but there is a lot of in grained mindsets and even if it might look like little is being done, in academic speed, it is going extremely fast. Things don’t change over night, but they are changing. ABET has changed their requirements. All the reports are stating that change is needed. There are more and more engineering education research groups. This discipline is highly funded. Interdisciplinary is a catch phrase and is being used and understood more readily.jthompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15487486280944875618noreply@blogger.com