Reconstructing engineering from practice

Engineering Studies

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 175-195

  Trevelyan, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distributed expertise; Engineering education; Engineering identity; Engineering practice

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DISTRIBUTED EXPERTISE; ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES; ENGINEERING PRACTICE; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOUTH ASIA; TECHNICAL ASPECTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TEACHING;

TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS;

EID: 79958860374     PISSN: 19378629     EISSN: 19408374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19378629.2010.520135     Document Type: Article

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