The Performing Engineer: Engineering Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Transfer

作者：Lydia Wilkinson · 年份：2016 · DOI：10.18260/p.26995 · 被引用次数：2 · 研究领域：Artistic and Creative Research、Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration、Cognitive Science and Education Research

Abstract The Performing Engineer: Engineering opportunities for interdisciplinary transfer Representing Science on Stage, a theatre elective for engineers at [name redacted] introduces students to theatre and performance by analyzing and performing selected plays about science. Through the course, students are tasked with developing an original scene, analyzing three theatrical texts, and performing an excerpt from one of these texts with a group of their peers. As we work through these activities we make use of our students’ core scientific knowledge and interest to increase the relevance and accessibility of the new discipline, while also supporting their transition by providing a class environment that shares similarities with a typical engineering classroom, namely instructors drawn from an engineering faculty and a classroom filled with other engineering students. While our students may be evolving as performers, they are doing so against the backdrop of their engineering degree and identities. Through its practical activities, the course accomplishes a number of objectives: first, students gain an understanding of how science is mediated through/by culture, specifically within the performing arts and more generally through the relationship between science and the humanities; second, they develop basic performance skills through improvisation and scene study; third, they build on written and oral communication skills; and fourth, they add breadth to their cultural knowle...