Approach to Logic and Abstraction in the Engineering Training
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https://doi.org/10.37467/gka-revedu.v2.608Keywords:
Training Processes, Engineering, Logical Thinking, Ability AbstractiveAbstract
This article is about the logic and abstraction seen as a necessary relation in the formative process engineers. It describes the importance and the need for training in this area of knowledge and the relationship between professional exercise of the engineers and the development and / or potentiation of logical-interpretative ability and abstractive for troubleshooting. It is a research-review-reflection work about the importance of these two components, viewed structurally from the curriculum. It is the product of the first phase of the research “The capacity logical-interpretative and abstractive as a basic component for professional exercise of the engineers”, which co-financed the Instituto Tecnologico Metropolitano ITM and the Corporacion Universitaria Remington CUR in Medellin, Colombia.
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