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Tacit knowledge and engineering education

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Abstract

The main task of engineering education is to improve the abilities needed to foster innovative engineering, but the generating of creative idea depends on many factors. Neither theory nor practice alone can accomplish a creative action. In this paper, characters of tacit knowledge are introduced firstly. And then importance of tacit knowledge required for university students are further pointed out. Finally, we discuss relations between tacit knowledge and engineering education.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFuture Computer and Information Technology
PublisherWITPress
Pages593-597
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781845648510
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event2013 International Conference on Future Computer and Information Technology, ICFCIT 2013 - Tianjin, China
Duration: 22 Aug 201323 Aug 2013

Publication series

NameWIT Transactions on Engineering Sciences
Volume86
ISSN (Print)1743-3533

Conference

Conference2013 International Conference on Future Computer and Information Technology, ICFCIT 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityTianjin
Period22/08/1323/08/13

Keywords

  • Creative idea
  • Engineering education
  • Tacit knowledge

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