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Is Engineering at Risk of Declining into Technical Support?: From 'Problem-Solving' to 'Problem Definition and Solution' in Engineering Education
18 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gary Downey
Justification and strategies for integrating problem definition into engineering education.
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Engineers in Germany 1: Emergence of Two Dominant Images
18 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gary Downey
Three questions; Rise and fall of the Holy Roman Empire; From arts to reason; Two dominant images of engineers; Rise of industry under the 2nd Reich.
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Engineers in Germany 2: Rise of Industry and Scientific Technology
18 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gary Downey
Greater status in the Weimar Republic; German resistance to patents; Engineers and National Socialism; Engineers became pillars of post-WWII German society.
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Engineers in Germany 3: Rise to Prominence
18 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gary Downey, Juan Lucena
German education; high percentage of engineering students are men; Germany, competitiveness, and globalization
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Engineers in France 1: Rise of the Centralized State
19 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gary Downey
Three dominant images; Dominant patterns among engineers; Development of coherent French identity; Concentration of authority in the monarch; Louis XIV: 1643-1715; A changing context for the state; Enlightenment: nature as mechanism; Philosophes: extend reason to useful arts.
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Engineers in France 2: Emergence of the State Engineer
19 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gary Downey
Two related hierarchies; Emergence of engineering in the military; Significance of education; French Revolution; École Polytechnique; Grandes Écoles; Who should lead society toward perfection?; Fifth Republic
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Engineers in France 3:Two Overlapping Hierarchies
19 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gary Downey
People with practical knowledge and training?; Écoles des Arts et Metiers; Positioning French industry; Direct sponsorship after WWII; École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures; Building careers in industry; A student's pathway; Engineering education; Pressures for change after the Cold War.
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Engineers in Japan 1: Introduction: A World without Individuals
19 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gary Downey
Some dominant cultural images in Japan.
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Engineers in Japan 2: Life as an Engineer in Japan
19 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gary Downey
What's it like to work as an Engineer in Japan; Introduction to Chikako Takeshita; Engineering training; Beginning employment; "Salarymen"; Identifying oneself in conversations; Trust and acceptance in business; Working in the midst of hierarchy; Make sure you suffer; What does group effort mean?; …
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Engineers in Japan 3: Cultural History and Personhood in Japan
19 Mar 2008 | Online Presentations | Contributor(s): Gary Downey
The Japanese live with anxiety; Pre-colonial organization; Meiji Restoration; Japanese expansion to avoid subservience; Ie = household; Uchi = center of belonging; Examples of Ie; Becoming a mature person; The 'heart' in two cultures; Obligations to parents: the foundation of all rewarding …