Role of empathy in engineering education and practice in North America

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dc.contributor.authorWilson, Eric
dc.contributor.authorMukhopadhyaya, Phalguni
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-02T21:00:20Z
dc.date.available2022-11-02T21:00:20Z
dc.date.copyright2022en_US
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractDoes engineering design education in North America prepare students to address the major issues of our time? In today’s political and social climate, engineers are part of multi-disciplinary teams tasked with finding solutions to complex issues like poverty, climate change, the housing affordability crisis, resource depletion, and water shortages. By definition, these problems are “wicked”. If engineers are to play a role in addressing issues that exist at the intersection of technology and society, they must have a deep understanding of both technical competencies and of human factors. They must have the ability to empathize. In consideration of today’s social, political, and environmental challenges, it has never been more important to instill social competencies into engineering education and practice, particularly around engineering design. This paper analyzes the previous literature on empathy in engineering education in North America and synthesizes the data to present the conceptualization that engineers have of empathy in education and practice.en_US
dc.description.reviewstatusRevieweden_US
dc.description.scholarlevelFacultyen_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAuthors would like to acknowledge the financial support of BC Housing, and University of Victoria for this research initiative.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWilson, E. & Mukhopadhyaya, P. (2022). “Role of empathy in engineering education and practice in North America.” Education Sciences, 12(6), 420. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12060420en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12060420
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/14381
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEducation Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectengineering education
dc.subjectempathy
dc.subjectwicked problem
dc.subjecttame problem
dc.subject.departmentDepartment of Civil Engineering
dc.titleRole of empathy in engineering education and practice in North Americaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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