Preliminary Application of Reductionism and Holism in Teaching Mechanical Engineering Materials
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- 10.2991/978-94-6463-024-4_113How to use a DOI?
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- Reductionism; Holism; Mechanical Engineering Materials
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In teaching a key curriculum, Mechanical Engineering Materials, in the discipline of mechanical engineering, reductionism and holism were applied. Besides the calculation of atomic packing factor, three key knowledge points were abstracted by applying reductionism, which were the model on bonding forces and energies of two isolated atoms, diffusion theory, and minimum-energy principle. Basing on these three key knowledge points, plenty of the contents in this curriculum can be understood easily and the learning efficiency can be elevated. Moreover, due to the deficiency of reductionism in analyzing complex issues, such as the influence of electric current stressing on the strength of materials and the ductile-to-brittle transition of a structure at low temperature, holism was applied concurrently. These applications can not only improve the teaching efficiency under a curriculum time shrinking condition, but also show students how to analyze complex issues.
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TY - CONF AU - Wangyun Li PY - 2022 DA - 2022/12/12 TI - Preliminary Application of Reductionism and Holism in Teaching Mechanical Engineering Materials BT - Proceedings of the 2022 2nd International Conference on Education, Information Management and Service Science (EIMSS 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1093 EP - 1103 SN - 2589-4900 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-024-4_113 DO - 10.2991/978-94-6463-024-4_113 ID - Li2022 ER -