Globalizing Education for Engineering and Science Students : A FIPSE Project Model for "Cross-Cultural Studies of Science and Technology." Final Report / John M. Koller.

This report describes a project at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (New York) to develop a curriculum that focuses on the social construction and use of science and technology in diverse cultural contexts. The program consists of both a minor and a three-course concentration on cross-cultural studi...

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Main Author: Koller, John M.
Corporate Author: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1995.
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Physical Description:48 pages
Format: Microfilm Book

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