Overview
- Describes education and its interaction with technology
- Shows how new approaches are needed in light of future environmental, social, and economic challenges
- Is based upon many years of teaching to students worldwide
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Knowledge and Skills
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Front Matter
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Research
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Keywords
About this book
In our lifetime there have been profound changes to the world we live in; the technologies used, the problems we struggle with, and the education systems intended to prepare this and following generations for the future. Many of the problems we face now are more complex than in earlier times, requiring broadly based approaches our traditional silo specialisations are ill-prepared to deal with. They involve technologies whose range of positive and negative effects are not well understood. Many of these problems are global in nature and can no longer be treated just as local issues. Our current approach to education does not adequately prepare us to tackle these problems.
New approaches to education are needed to prepare us for the changes that are to come. The future of our planet, our civilisation, our community and our economy depend on it. This book proposes changes that will better prepare us for this future.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Neil Page was born in Melbourne Australia in 1943. Successive family relocations led to schooling in 5 public schools across Victoria. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Melbourne graduating with bachelor’s, master’s and PhD degrees. After graduation, he worked as a research scientist with the Australian Department of Defence. This was followed by academic appointments to the University of Queensland followed by the University of Newcastle, Australia. After retiring from full-time academic work he acted as Accreditation Visit Manager for Engineers Australia, the professional accreditation authority for engineering programmes in Australia. In that and his earlier academic roles he oversaw the accreditation of many engineering programmes in Australia and affiliated programmes in Singapore and Malaysia. He has published widely in applied mechanics and engineering education and has co-authored a book.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Education and Research for the Future
Book Subtitle: Engineering as an Illustrative Case
Authors: D. N. P. Murthy, N. W. Page
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29685-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-29684-0Published: 14 May 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-29687-1Published: 15 May 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-29685-7Published: 13 May 2023
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 386
Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Education, general, Philosophy of Education, Engineering/Technology Education, History of Education, Research Skills, Research Skills