A Model of Empathy in Engineering as a Core Skill, Practice Orientation, and Professional Way of Being

Autor/inn/en	Walther, Joachim; Miller, Shari E.; Sochacka, Nicola W.
Titel	A Model of Empathy in Engineering as a Core Skill, Practice Orientation, and Professional Way of Being
Quelle	In: Journal of Engineering Education, 106 (2017) 1, S.123-148 (26 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1069-4730
DOI	10.1002/jee.20159
Schlagwörter	Empathy; Job Skills; Engineering; Engineering Education; Social Responsibility; Models; Social Work + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Empathie; Produktive Fertigkeit; Maschinenbau; Ingenieurausbildung; Soziale Verantwortung; Analogiemodell; Soziale Arbeit
Abstract	Background: Engineers are increasingly being asked to empathically engage with a broad range of stakeholders. Current efforts to educate empathic engineers, however, are hindered by the lack of a conceptually cohesive understanding of, and language for, applying empathy to engineering. Prior studies have suggested that research informed by long-standing traditions in other fields may provide the rigor, conceptual clarity, and expertise necessary to theoretically ground the education and practice of empathy in technical disciplines. Purpose: This study examined three research questions--What are current understandings of empathy in engineering and engineering education? How do these understandings compare with conceptions of empathy in social work, a professional discipline that defines empathy as a core skill and orientation of its practitioners? What can engineering educators learn from social work to inform the education of empathic engineers? Scope/Method: This article presents the findings from a sustained, four-year, interdisciplinary dialogue between engineering education and social work education researchers. This effort included an examination of productive tensions and similarities between the two fields, a critical synthesis of the literature on empathy in each discipline, and the development of a context-appropriate model for empathy in engineering. Conclusions: We propose a model of empathy in engineering as a teachable and learnable skill, a practice orientation, and a professional way of being. Expanding conceptions of empathy in social work, this model additionally emphasizes mode switching and a commitment to values pluralism. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01