Community Engineering Education: The Case of Post-Conflict Rwanda

Autor/inn/en	Karareba, Gilbert; Baillie, Caroline
Titel	Community Engineering Education: The Case of Post-Conflict Rwanda
Quelle	In: Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 14 (2019) 3, S.211-224 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1746-1979
DOI	10.1177/1746197918800667
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Critical Theory; Critical Thinking; Teaching Methods; Skill Development; Economic Development; Conflict; Poverty; Engineering Education; Community Programs; Energy; Health Services; Environment; Culturally Relevant Education; Social Justice; Small Businesses; Criticism; Problem Based Learning; Rwanda + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Kritische Theorie; Kritisches Denken; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Konflikt; Armut; Ingenieurausbildung; Energie; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Umwelt; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Kleingewerbe; Kritik; Problem-based learning; Problemorientiertes Lernen; Ruanda
Abstract	We argue for the need for and provide an example of a new form of community-based engineering education in Rwanda. We draw on Bourdieu's theories of field and habitus to frame the arguments for an alternative to the current dominant engineering education model. The proposed community engineering education programme has three key facets including the development of critical thinking of students using critical theory, the students' creation of alternative practices as a result of such critical thinking, and the appropriate pedagogy for delivering the programme. This model programme is aimed to address Rwanda's endemic problems of economic development, poverty, environment, healthcare and energy. Specifically, it can allow students to develop very much needed, socially and environmentally just engineering systems as well as locally appropriate businesses, thus directly addressing the needs of the country and its people. The programme could apply to any post-conflict situation or indeed any development context. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01