Gunn, C. J. (2024, March), The Service We Offer in Teaching About Common Sense  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan. 10.18260/1-2--45642

\bibitem{asee_peer_45642}
  Gunn, C. J. (2024, March), \emph{The Service We Offer in Teaching About Common Sense}
  Paper presented at 2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  10.18260/1-2--45642

Craig J. Gunn.  "The Service We Offer in Teaching About Common Sense".  2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2024, March.  ASEE Conferences, 2024.  https://peer.asee.org/45642 Internet.  11 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_45642}
  Craig J. Gunn.
  "The Service We Offer in Teaching About Common Sense".
  \emph{2024 ASEE North Central Section Conference, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 2024, March}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2024.
  https://peer.asee.org/45642 Internet.  11 May, 2024

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AB  - There are many things that a university must focus on when deciding on what to teach our incoming and ongoing students. For engineering we hope that during their first years on campus students become acquainted with ethics, writing, speaking, and all the “soft skills” associated with the more liberal side of the institution. Many people do not realize that our students will sink or swim with their ability to function in a society that does not contain 100% engineers. But that is of little concern to many who simply say that controls, fluids, thermal sciences, and the many other engineering topics are the focus of the dedicated engineer and if have to teach let someone else worry about those “soft skills.” Luckily, there are also many who feel that they need to provide their students with additional tools that will allow them to move more easily through the landscape of the future. These individuals talk of ethical behavior and proper communication techniques. They allow their students to perform in writing and speaking as they will in their professional careers. There is one area that seems to have been placed on a back burner and that burner has been turned off. The area is bringing to light Common Sense. We have all heard it numerous times in our lives from parents and teachers who have criticized some aspect of our behavior, but we have heard little from the classroom where good teachers can acquaint us with common sense by focusing on what it is, how it works, and how we can function in a society where common sense seems to have been complexly forgotten by large segments of the population.
During the semester of teaching a junior level engineering course focusing on professional issues in mechanical engineering, discussion, quizzes, and investigation into common sense are attempting to allow students to investigate the very simple topic of common sense, especially where it will impact them on their future employment. This paper will look at what common sense is, how students perceive its value in their lives, and provide student assessment of the topic in engineering.   

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