In this chapter, we created a list including epistemic aspects of engineering based on the literature and the Framework. Each item on the list is named as a nature of engineering aspect. These nature of engineering aspects include the views that engineering involves systematically engaging in the practice of design to achieve solutions to human problems; engineering design process includes three major components (defining a problem, designing solutions, and optimizing design solutions); engineers make decisions based on predetermined criteria and constraints during the engineering design process; creativity and imagination is used throughout the engineering design process; engineering design solutions are open to revision; engineering design solutions are optimized based on evidence from the test data; there is no single best design solution to a given engineering design problem; engineering is not a solitary pursuit; engineering is failure-laden; and engineering is socially and culturally embedded. The chapter ends with a summary of research about the fledgling nature of engineering literature and the pedagogical recommendations to teach nature of engineering.
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Deniz, H., Yesilyurt, E., Newman, S. J., & Kaya, E. (2020). Toward defining nature of engineering in the next generation science standards era. In Contemporary Trends and Issues in Science Education (Vol. 51, pp. 33–44). Springer Science and Business Media B.V. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57646-2_3
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