Enabling sustainable thinking in undergraduate engineering education

• Autores: D. N. Huntzinger, J. S. Gierke, J. M. Hutchins, J.W. Sutherland
• Localización: The International journal of engineering education, ISSN-e 0949-149X, Vol. 23, no. 2, 2007, págs. 218-230
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In this paper we address the need for curricular changes that foster sustainable thinking and review a number of engineering curricularchanges at selected universities, drawing comparisons to medical and other fields. For each engineering program, we examined the levelat which sustainability concepts and active-learning methods were integrated into its curricula. A majority of the universities examined``bolted-on'' various components of sustainability or student-centered learning into their existing programs. Only one universityexamined has made significant efforts to redesign engineering education in terms of sustainability and pedagogy. A number of barriershindering the re-orientation of engineering curricula toward ``sustainable'' engineering are discussed.