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    Short communication: (What) To teach or not to teach – that is the question

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    Authors
    Santamarina, Carlos cc
    KAUST Department
    Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC)
    Earth Science and Engineering Program
    Energy Resources and Petroleum Engineering
    Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
    Date
    2016-02-09
    Online Publication Date
    2016-02-09
    Print Publication Date
    2015-12
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10754/623251
    
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    Abstract
    There has been an explosion of knowledge in geotechnical engineering, yet the art and science paradigm remains deeply rooted in the field. Geotechnical engineering students will face today’s prevailing difficulties as well as new and demanding geotechnical challenges such as those associated with energy and the environment. Confronting these situations and needs requires a sound and resourceful foundation. Therefore, geotechnical engineering teachers must review their educational programmes (a) to reconsider the role of empiricism, (b) to prune incorrect concepts and biases (e.g., enduring misnomers, incorrect explanations, superseded graphical approaches, unsound tricks and fragile correlations, and education based on extremes (dry–saturated, clay–sand, drained–undrained)), and (c) to promote a careful understanding of fundamentals (e.g., the particulate nature of soils and fractured rocks, formation history, the essential relevance of effective stress, thermo-hydro-chemo-mechanical coupled processes, repetitive loads and ubiquitous localisations). Finally, they must continue reflecting on the role of the engineer in society, within an ever-changing world as the driver for innovation.
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    Santamarina JC (2015) Short communication: (What) To teach or not to teach – that is the question. Geotechnical Research 2: 135–138. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/jgere.15.00004.
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    This briefing benefited from the writings, conversations, and feedback from many colleagues, in particular, E. Alonso, C. Arson, J. Atkinson, R. Bachus, R. Bonaparte, S. Chong, M. Dusseault, D. Frost, A. Garcia, A. Gens, G. Gudehus, J. Jang, P. Mayne, J. Mitchell, M. Pantazidou, S. Roshankhah, A. Schofield and R. Sullivan.
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    Thomas Telford Ltd.
    Journal
    Geotechnical Research
    DOI
    10.1680/jgere.15.00004
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    http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/10.1680/jgere.15.00004
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    10.1680/jgere.15.00004
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    Articles; Ali I. Al-Naimi Petroleum Engineering Research Center (ANPERC); Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division; Earth Science and Engineering Program

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