The Changes of Ergonomics in Hungary and Engineering Education

Authors

  • Istvan Lükö

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v3i1.2335

Keywords:

Index Termsâ??Environmental protection, ergonomics, safety technology, work psychology.

Abstract


Modern engineer training is not conceivable without knowledge of work psychology and ergonomics. In this paper, we would like to outline the situation of work psychology and ergonomics as well as their changes in Hungary. The technical approach to health and safety is linked to human health care, and, through that, to ergonomics. The traditional notion of ergonomics is the 'ergonomics of scales, levers and pedals', which has now become a field of research helping the development of socio-technical systems. Here, we present the developmental stages of ergonomics, divided into six periods, first, and then the relationship between environmental ergonomics and health and safety. In the last chapter, I shall expound a few details from Hungarian investigations in work psychology, as well as from the activity of prominent academic circles at certain universities.

Author Biography

Istvan Lükö

is a habilitated doctor, university associate professor at the Faculty of Adult Education and Human Resources Development of the University of Pécs,

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Published

2013-01-11

How to Cite

Lükö, I. (2013). The Changes of Ergonomics in Hungary and Engineering Education. International Journal of Engineering Pedagogy (iJEP), 3(1), pp. 56–62. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijep.v3i1.2335

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Short Papers

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