What Engineers Know

Pitt, Joseph C.

doi:10.5840/techne2001532

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“…Modelling has been identified as a central part of the technological enterprise in the NZC (Compton and France 2007b) with this position being substantiated in the philosophical literature (Baird 2002;De Vries 2003Pitt 2001;Ropohl 1997). A technological outcome is judged according to its 'fitness for purpose', and modelling is critical to achieving that goal.…”

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Understanding modelling in technology and science: the potential of stories from the field

Compton

Gilbert

2010

Int J Technol Des Educ

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This paper tells the story of how two biotechnologists used models, one working as a technologist and the other as a scientist. These stories were collected during the development of the key ideas about the nature of technology and technological knowledge during the latest curriculum development in New Zealand. Their stories of how and why they used models provided insight into the different role of modelling in technology and science. This difference can be linked to the fundamental difference between technology as a discipline that attempts to intervene in the world and create something other, and science as a discipline that attempts to explain the world. The stories illustrate the differences in the purpose, outcome and the underpinning reasoning across technology and science. We suggest that using such stories supports learning about the nature of technology and the nature of science and provides an opportunity to add a critical dimension to the development of technological literacy and scientific literacy.

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Understanding modelling in technology and science: the potential of stories from the field

Compton

Gilbert

2010

Int J Technol Des Educ

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“…Most of all, to guarantee objectivity, its results need to become independent of the designer. Pitt claimed [11] that such a method would lead to knowledge that is "far more reliable, secure, and trustworthy than scientific knowledge". Currently, designers who want to work as scientists have to become either engineers or psychologists.…”

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Bartneck

2008

CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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The human-computer interaction community is an umbrella for many disciplines. Conflicts occur from time to time, in particular between scientists and designers. This article compares the quality criteria used in design with those used in science, in order to gain insight into what design can contribute to the development of science. From the scientific perspective, the weakest point of design knowledge is its limited generalizability.

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“…Engineering knowledge, in contrast to natural science, deals with the design, construction and operation of artifices for the purposes of manipulating the human environment (Pitt,[20]). According to Vincenti [21] the design process encompasses the following levels: The design process repeatedly moves up and down and horizontally through the hierarchy.…”

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confidence: 99%