TY - JOUR
T1 - Professionalism
T2 - The golden years
AU - Lawson, William D.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2004/1
Y1 - 2004/1
N2 - This paper presents a detailed exposition of professionalism, carefully situated within the social, theoretical, and temporal context of the decades immediately following World War II. This classic conception of professionalism involves three attributes - knowledge, organization, and the ethic of professional service. Such an approach presumes a functionalist view of society specific to the middle years of the Twentieth Century, a time characterized by a high degree of occupational specialization, shared norms and values, stability, and the tendency to maintain equilibrium in the presence of social change. A clear picture of this classic view of professionalism is the first step toward understanding the contemporary meaning of professionalism for today's engineering education and practice issues.
AB - This paper presents a detailed exposition of professionalism, carefully situated within the social, theoretical, and temporal context of the decades immediately following World War II. This classic conception of professionalism involves three attributes - knowledge, organization, and the ethic of professional service. Such an approach presumes a functionalist view of society specific to the middle years of the Twentieth Century, a time characterized by a high degree of occupational specialization, shared norms and values, stability, and the tendency to maintain equilibrium in the presence of social change. A clear picture of this classic view of professionalism is the first step toward understanding the contemporary meaning of professionalism for today's engineering education and practice issues.
KW - Engineering education
KW - Ethics
KW - History
KW - Licensing
KW - Professional development
KW - Professional practice
KW - Professional role
KW - Professional societies
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U2 - 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2004)130:1(26)
DO - 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2004)130:1(26)
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:14544298752
VL - 130
SP - 26
EP - 36
JO - Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
JF - Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice
SN - 1052-3928
IS - 1
ER -