The training of engineers from the approach on Science, Technology and Society / La formación de ingenieros desde el enfoque Ciencia, Tecnología y Sociedad

Abstract

This work presents, from a conceptual viewpoint, the terms Science, Technology and Society (STS) closely related to engineering; it also shows their origin in the world and the essential qualities of the engineer as well as some considerations that characterize education  in technology.  The article highlights  the impact that transformations  have  in  training  engineers  and  the  values  in  technological environments  associated  with  education.  The  training  of  engineers  from  the approach  on   Science,  Technology  and Society  (STS)  shows  a  variety  of variables  and  complex  parameters  for  the  quality  of  professional  performance
modes which are redefined today in STS studies, as a vital global change in the development of the Sciences of Education and in particular, in higher education. For  this  reason,  the  objective  is  to  reveal  the  relationship  among  science, technology  and  engineering  and  its  direct  action  with  society  according  to  the different authors’ criteria as well as the repercussions in training engineers.

Keywords: Science, technology, engineering, education