Advanced Technological Education Research Articles

More Advanced Technology Education Needed

More Advanced Technology Education Needed

Advanced Technology, Art, and Art Education: Reaching toward the Third Millennium

Advanced Technology, Art, and Art Education: Reaching toward the Third Millennium

"On Test": Postgraduate Training of Engineers at General Electric, 1892-1961

The General Electric Student Engineering Program ("the Test") was a pioneering effort at entry-level trainii HE GREAT ing the electrical manufacturing industry. No mere extension of, or model for, college training, it sought not to educate, but to initiate, indoctrinate, and select. Through rotating assignments, it initiated the employee into a new work environment that stressed job completion and results, not learning experiences. It indoctrinated the employee with the company's values and it helped the company select future leaders. A review of the antecedents of the program in the early electrical manufacturing industry of the 1880s and 1890s, the evolution of the program in the early decades of the twentieth century, the extension of the program into advanced engineering education, and the ultimate maturity and decline of the program demonstrates that it was shaped by economics, images of engineering professionalism, and the managerial and ideological needs of a large corporation-not by theories of education, however valid.

Professional tensions in science and technology: the case of the Colleges of Advanced Technology

AbstractTwo possible patterns for the organization of advanced technological education can be detected in Britain since 1945. The dominant assumption links training closely to fundamental advances in the sciences, and centralizes teaching at a small number of specialist institutions. The influence of such a policy is seen in the decisions which limited the numbers of Colleges of Advanced Technology in 1956, and in the continuing pressure from science advisory circles for the establishment of a few high‐level training centres. The alternative pattern seeks to respond to the diverse range of industrial demands at local level in a decentralized system of technological training whose goals and standards are readily influenced by the technical and manpower demands of neighbouring industry. Neglect of this alternative can be explained from persistent trends in British professional organization, but the economic consequences may well be momentous.

Professional schools of engineering-a call for action

The present design of advanced engineering education does not meet the needs of the engineering manpower marketplace. Training in engineering practice needs to be reinforced. This is best accomplished by establishing professional schools of engineering, independent of conventional university graduate schools, and requiring at least two years of preengineering for admission. The first engineering degree should require an additional three years of professional training. Improvements in accreditation procedures, faculty qualifications, internships, and licensing are required. The substantial involvement of the professional societies is essential to success.

IBM's Program for Continuing Education

One of the country's most pressing problems is the need for continuing, advanced education-particularly technological education. To create the right atmosphere and to develop the proper employee motivation, IBM Education has an overall goal: to equip its employees to live with change; to anticipate it, to understand it, and then to implement it. Continuing education in industry protects the basic fund of knowledge and challenges the mind. More specifically, it assists in learning and understanding a new assignment and equips the individual for personal and professional growth. College graduation is not the ending; it is indeed the commencement-the point in time when an engineer's education really begins.

ADVANCED ENGINEERING EDUCATION

Journal of the American Society for Naval EngineersVolume 26, Issue 2 p. 509-517 ADVANCED ENGINEERING EDUCATION First published: May 1914 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-3584.1914.tb01130.xAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume26, Issue2May 1914Pages 509-517 RelatedInformation