Abstract
Almost a century ago engineering became a non-military
branch in Turkey with the establishment of the Engineering School/Mühendis
Mekteb-i Âlisi and Mehmed Refik Fenmen was the first headmaster. Mehmed Refik endeavoured
to teach technical issues to the public as a science communicator and he tried
to bring a new education style. He wrote some new lecture books for physics
classes and found an experimental museum to support the lectures. There are
many details he has done in his time with following his footprints in the institutional
records of İTU. Also, these revolutionary acts in those times’ education make
present-day people surprised. The purpose of this study is to compare the
engineering education in İTU in the times of Mehmed Refik, 1910-12, and recent
times. There is various education running in 29 engineering departments, hence
Mehmed Refik was an electrical engineer, this study focused on electrical and
electronics engineering education to show more precise results. This study
shows how engineering education a century apart changed. What have we benefited
from in the history of engineering education and what we may hange today?
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium for Engineering Education |
Place of Publication | Glasgow |
Publisher | University of Strathclyde |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781914241208 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sept 2022 |
Keywords
- history of engineering education
- history of higher education
- Mehmed Refik Fenmen
- Istanbul Technical University