Training Social Competence in Engineering Education: Necessary, Possible or Not Even Desirable? An Explorative Study from a Surveying Education Programme

Autor/inn/en	Emilsson, U. Melin; Lilje, B.
Titel	Training Social Competence in Engineering Education: Necessary, Possible or Not Even Desirable? An Explorative Study from a Surveying Education Programme
Quelle	In: European Journal of Engineering Education, 33 (2008) 3, S.259-269 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0304-3797
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Interpersonal Competence; Engineering; Technical Occupations; Sustainable Development; Teaching Methods; Communication Skills; Group Dynamics; Leadership; Role Models; Teacher Role; Engineering Education; Social Sciences; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Maschinenbau; Technical occupation; Technischer Beruf; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Kommunikationsstil; Gruppendynamik; Führung; Führungsposition; Identifikationsfigur; Lehrerrolle; Ingenieurausbildung; Social science; Sozialwissenschaften; Gesellschaftswissenschaften; Schweden
Abstract	The aim of this paper is to discuss whether "social competence" is necessary for engineers to contribute to sustainable development and if it is, how to teach communication, group-processes and leadership in technical environments like engineering education programmes. The article reflects on a pedagogical project carried out in the education of land surveyors in Sweden, aimed to develop and test a pedagogical model for teaching engineering students "social competence". The findings showed that use of theories in social sciences and group oriented teaching may contribute to training communicative skills. But to include social competence in the engineering education it is necessary to start with the teachers' roles, training them in demonstrating the social dimensions in the professional situations. It also could be of great value to invite engineers from various workplaces to act like role models within the education programme. (Contains 1 figure and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10