On the Roles of Aesthetics in Engineering Education and Healthy Personality Development

Abstract:

The aesthetic education and its application to engineering education and personality development are considered in this paper. First, we investigate main reasons causing the weakness of the aesthetic aspect in engineering education. Next, we analyze the important roles of aesthetic education to help cultivate the healthy personality. Finally, we propose concrete strategies of incorporating the aesthetics into the engineering education and the personality development for university students, which are expected to be helpful to improve the effectiveness of the higher education.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 281)
• Pages: 696-699
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.281.696
• Online since: January 2013
• Authors: Xiao Hui Zhu
• Keywords: Aesthetics, Engineering Education, Personality Development

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