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Engineering and Social Justice [electronic resource] / by Donna Riley.

By: Riley, Donna [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Synthesis Lectures on Engineers, Technology, & Society: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2008Edition: 1st ed. 2008.Description: XII, 151 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783031799402.Subject(s): Engineering | Social sciences | Education | Religion | History | Technology and Engineering | Society | Education | Religion | HistoryAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 620 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
What Do we Mean by Social Justice? -- Mindsets in Engineering -- Engineering and Social Injustice -- Toward a More Socially Just Engineering -- Turning Knowledge into Action: Strategies for Change -- Parting Lessons for the Continuing Struggle.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: The profession of engineering in the United States has historically served the status quo, feeding an ever-expanding materialistic and militaristic culture, remaining relatively unresponsive to public concerns, and without significant pressure for change from within. This book calls upon engineers to cultivate a passion for social justice and peace and to develop the skill and knowledge set needed to take practical action for change within the profession. Because many engineers do not receive education and training that support the kinds of critical thinking, reflective decision-making, and effective action necessary to achieve social change, engineers concerned with social justice can feel powerless and isolated as they remain complicit. Utilizing techniques from radical pedagogies of liberation and other movements for social justice, this book presents a roadmap for engineers to become empowered and engage one another in a process of learning and action for social justice and peace. Table of contents: What Do we Mean by Social Justice? / Mindsets in Engineering / Engineering and Social Injustice / Toward a More Socially Just Engineering / Turning Knowledge into Action: Strategies for Change / Parting Lessons for the Continuing Struggle.
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What Do we Mean by Social Justice? -- Mindsets in Engineering -- Engineering and Social Injustice -- Toward a More Socially Just Engineering -- Turning Knowledge into Action: Strategies for Change -- Parting Lessons for the Continuing Struggle.

The profession of engineering in the United States has historically served the status quo, feeding an ever-expanding materialistic and militaristic culture, remaining relatively unresponsive to public concerns, and without significant pressure for change from within. This book calls upon engineers to cultivate a passion for social justice and peace and to develop the skill and knowledge set needed to take practical action for change within the profession. Because many engineers do not receive education and training that support the kinds of critical thinking, reflective decision-making, and effective action necessary to achieve social change, engineers concerned with social justice can feel powerless and isolated as they remain complicit. Utilizing techniques from radical pedagogies of liberation and other movements for social justice, this book presents a roadmap for engineers to become empowered and engage one another in a process of learning and action for social justice and peace. Table of contents: What Do we Mean by Social Justice? / Mindsets in Engineering / Engineering and Social Injustice / Toward a More Socially Just Engineering / Turning Knowledge into Action: Strategies for Change / Parting Lessons for the Continuing Struggle.

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