Developing technical thinking in Engineering students

DOI

10.2991/ismge-19.2019.82How to use a DOI?

Keywords

technical thinking, technical creativity, methods of developing technical thinking, engineering education

Abstract

The authors consider the core of the concept of "technical thinking" and its structure; characterize the specific features of technical thinking (integration, creativeness, efficiency, and reflexivity), which can serve as a tool for diagnosing the effectiveness of technical thinking skills mastered by students during their training; as well as determine the role of technical thinking in the training of engineering specialists. The main methods for developing technical thinking include technical problem solving, project-based activities, role-playing games, case analysis, brainstorming, morphological analysis, focal object method, and TRIZ methods (the theory of inventive problem solving developed by G. Altshuller), etc. The paper presents findings from research into fostering technical thinking skills in engineering students at Russian State Agrarian University – Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy. The authors identify the main challenges to developing technical thinking skills and, taking account of current development trends in engineering education, suggest ways to solve them.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ekaterina Lysenko
AU  - Liudmila Nazarova
PY  - 2019/07
DA  - 2019/07
TI  - Developing technical thinking in Engineering students
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Scientific Practical Conference "The Individual and Society in the Modern Geopolitical Environment" (ISMGE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 430
EP  - 435
SN  - 2352-5398
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