PHYSICAL SCIENCE IN MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION EDUCATION

Ludwik Finkelstein, Kenneth T. V. Grattan, Sanowar H. Khan

Abstract

The paper presents arguments for the place of physical science in the teaching of measurement and instrumentation as a systematic discipline. It is argued that the discipline should be taught as general transferable concepts and principles, based on the science of information and systems. It is shown, however, on the basis of a model of the architecture of a measurement system that the concepts of information and systems alone are inadequate to treat sensors, the observed system, the interaction between them, and also the problems of inferential measurement. It is argued that these components and processes require to be described, analysed and designed using also the concepts and principles of physical science. The essential role of physical experimentation in the laboratory in the teaching of measurement and instrumentation is discussed. The place of physical science in measurement and instrumentation curricula is discussed, and it is argued that physical science should form a particularly important role in the education of specialist designers and developers of measurement and instrumentation systems.

Keywords

measurement and instrumentation discipline, physical science principles, education

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TC1 - Education and Training in Measurement and Instrumentation

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