Engineering education between science and practice: rethinking the historiography

History and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-79

  Harwood, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic Drift; Academisation; Engineering; Higher Education; Theory vs Practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050835643     PISSN: 07341512     EISSN: 14772620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07341510500497210     Document Type: Article

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