Drones for Good: How to Bring Sociotechnical Thinking into the Classroom

Hoople, Gordon D.; Choi-Fitzpatrick, Austin

Abstract

What in the world is a social scientist doing collaborating with an engineer, and an engineer with a sociologist, and together on a book about drones and sociotechnical thinking in the classroom? This book emerges from a frustration that disciplinary silos create few opportunities for students to engage with others beyond their chosen major. In this volume Hoople and Choi-Fitzpatrick introduce a sociotechnical approach to truly interdisciplinary education around the exciting topic of drones. The text, geared primarily at university faculty, provides a hands-on approach for engaging students in challenging conversations at the intersection of technology and society. Choi-Fitzpatrick and Hoople provide a turn key solution complete with detailed lesson plans, course assignments, and drone based case studies. They present a modular framework, describing how faculty might adopt their approach for any number of technologies and class configurations.

• Book Type: Authored Book
• Publication Date: May 20, 2020
• Deposit Date: Jan 5, 2021
• Pages: i-148
• Series Title: Engineers, Technology, and Society
• ISBN: 9781681737768
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.2200/s00984ed1v01y202001ets024
• Keywords: General Engineering; History and Philosophy of Science; Education
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5200180
• Publisher URL: https://www.morganclaypool.com/doi/abs/10.2200/S00984ED1V01Y202001ETS024