Journal ArticleDOI
How to Educate Engineers for/in Sustainable Development: Ten Years of Discussion, Remaining Challenges.
TLDR
In this paper, the authors analyse the process of changing engineering universities towards sustainable development (SD) and highlight the types of changes needed, both in respect of approaches, visions, philosophies and cultural change, which are crucial for engineering universities which want to implement sustainable development as part of their progammes.Abstract:
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the process of changing engineering universities towards sustainable development (SD) It outlines the types of changes needed, both in respect of approaches, visions, philosophies and cultural change, which are crucial for engineering universities which want to implement sustainable development as part of their progammesDesign/methodology/approach – The paper describes various experiences which show how SD education programmes can be implemented at universities, and some of the challenges faced in efforts towards achieving such a goal It considers the various processes involved and raises some questions which can help to understand how universities, as learning organisations, can engage in the implementation of SD programmesFindings – The paper has established that engineers have to learn to think long term and position their activities in a pathway towards long‐term sustainable solutions This requires insight into the social environment of engineerinread more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Advancing Higher Education for Sustainable Development: international insights and critical reflections
TL;DR: The 2010 Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities (EMSU) 2010 conference as mentioned in this paper was held at Delft University in the Netherlands, where a number of papers were presented to encourage educators, globally to engage in sustainable development initiatives within and outside their universities.
Journal ArticleDOI
The role of transformation in learning and education for sustainability
W. Leal Filho,W. Leal Filho,Schalk Raath,Boris Lazzarini,Valeria Ruiz Vargas,L. de Souza,Rosley Anholon,Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas,R. Haddad,Maris Klavins,V.L. Orlovic +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a set of qualitative case studies were used in higher education institutions across seven countries (Brazil, Serbia, Latvia, South Africa, Spain, Syria, UK) to examine the extent to which transformation and learning on matters related to sustainable development may be integrated.
Journal ArticleDOI
Competencies in Education for Sustainable Development: Exploring the Student Teachers’ Views
Gisela Cebrián,Mercè Junyent +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the perceptions and views of a group of thirty-two student teachers in relation to education for sustainable development competencies and provided evidence on the education-for sustainable development (ESD) competencies that student teachers would prioritize in a school project related to ESD.
Journal ArticleDOI
Transdisciplinarity in higher education for sustainability: how discourses are approached in engineering education
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a literature review of articles published in relevant journals in the field of sustainability, which focussed on transdisciplinarity approaches in engineering education.
Journal ArticleDOI
An international Master's program in green ICT as a contribution to sustainable development
Alexandra Klimova,Eric Rondeau,Eric Rondeau,Karl Andersson,Jari Porras,Andrei Rybin,Arkady Zaslavsky +6 more
TL;DR: The development of an international Master's degree program named “Pervasive computing and communications for sustainable development” (PERCCOM) by an international consortium is described, which aimed to combine advanced ICT with environmental, economic, and social awareness.
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Advancing Higher Education for Sustainable Development: international insights and critical reflections
TL;DR: The 2010 Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities (EMSU) 2010 conference as mentioned in this paper was held at Delft University in the Netherlands, where a number of papers were presented to encourage educators, globally to engage in sustainable development initiatives within and outside their universities.
Journal ArticleDOI
What do engineering students learn in sustainability courses? The effect of the pedagogical approach
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the results of a 5-year research project that analyzed how sustainable development competences were introduced into technological universities and evaluated which pedagogical approach best facilitates sustainable development learning.
Journal ArticleDOI
What has to be learnt for sustainability? A comparison of bachelor engineering education competences at three European universities
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present and advance the work on describing desired sustainability competences for engineering Bachelor graduates in three technical universities (Chalmers in Sweden, DUT in The Netherlands and UPC-Barcelona in Spain) using the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) descriptors.
Book
Sustainability on campus : stories and strategies for change
TL;DR: Sustainability on Campus: A Personal Narrative of Greening College Campus as mentioned in this paper is a collection of personal narratives of greening college campuses with inspiration, motivation, and practical advice.
Journal ArticleDOI
Embedding sustainability in higher education through interaction with lecturers: Case studies from three European technical universities
John Holmberg,Magdalena Svanström,Dirk-Jan Peet,Karel Mulder,Didac Ferrer-Balas,Jordi Segalàs +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, three universities compare their work on the integration of sustainable development into their educational programs and show examples of how this can be done and illustrate important generalised success factors.