Abstract
The role of engineering education is essential in global sustainability transformation, considering the impact technology has on the environment and societies. Many suggestions have been made on what competences universities should teach to educate game changers and how to improve sustainability literacy. Despite the growing number of studies in the field, research is scarce on how to assess what the students know about global sustainability challenges and how to embed sustainability literacy into curricula. This paper presents the first experiences on using a sustainability literacy test (the Sulitest) as a teaching tool. The test was developed in 2012, and it includes global and national questions on multifaceted sustainability challenges. Our results are based on national questions created for the Nordic countries and on the test results we got from 700 students in Finland, Sweden and Norway. The Sulitest seems to be useful as a teaching tool, but the national questions ought to be re-evaluated to achieve balance between different aspects of sustainability. The test has weaknesses regarding its use as a curricula development tool, but it can facilitate teachers in engineering education in drawing a comprehensive picture on the problems the future engineers are required to solve.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Titel | Proceedings of the 45th SEFI Annual Conference 2017 : Education Excellence for Sustainability, SEFI 2017 |
| Redaktører | Jose Carlos Quadrado, Jorge Bernardino, Joao Rocha |
| Antal sider | 14 |
| Forlag | European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) |
| Publikationsdato | 2017 |
| Sider | 49-62 |
| ISBN (Elektronisk) | 9789899887572 |
| Status | Udgivet - 2017 |
| Begivenhed | 45th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Education Excellence for Sustainability - Angra do Heroismo, Terceira Island, Azores, Portugal Varighed: 18 sep. 2017 → 21 sep. 2017 Konferencens nummer: 45 https://www.sefi.be/2017/06/12/my-new-actuality/ http://www.isep.ipp.pt/Page/ViewPage/sefi |
Konference
| Konference | 45th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education |
|---|---|
| Nummer | 45 |
| Lokation | Angra do Heroismo |
| Land/Område | Portugal |
| By | Terceira Island, Azores |
| Periode | 18/09/2017 → 21/09/2017 |
| Andet | SEFI invites you to participate in its 45th Annual Conference, organised by the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto (ISEP), in Azores (Portugal). SEFI Annual Conferences have been organised in different parts of Europe and represent a unique opportunity for the members of SEFI and all those interested by or involved in engineering education and research to exchange views and opinions, to establish new contacts with peers and other higher Engineering Education stakeholders. The themes of the conferences reflect the objectives of the Society and the priorities identified by its members. In 2016 the conference was held in Tampere on the theme of “Engineering Education on Top of the World: Industry-University Cooperation”, and in 2018, it will be organised by DTU in Copenhagen (Denmark) on “Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship for EE Excellence“.<br/><br/>We invite you to join us in 2017 in Terceira Island (Azores) to cooperate on “Education Excellence for Sustainability”, a theme that is of paramount importance for the Azores Islands a world reference on the successful sustainability development aligned with the wonderful landscape values. The strategical placement in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean is also an opportunity to bridge with the North American colleagues that will have a pre SEFI conference collocated event.<br/><br/>We look forward for contributions under the following sub-themes:<br/><br/>•Sustainability and Engineering Education<br/>•University-Business cooperation<br/>•Engineering Skills<br/>•Quality Assurance and Accreditation<br/>•Continuing Engineering Education and<br/> Lifelong Learning<br/>•Open and Online Engineering Education<br/> •Ethics in Engineering Education<br/>•Curriculum Development<br/>•Attractiveness of Engineering Education<br/>•Physics and Engineering Education<br/>•Engineering Education Research<br/>•Gender and Diversity<br/>•“I want to contribute to solve local problems”<br/> <br/><br/>We also welcome student contributions and workshops proposals.<br/> For the first time, an ASEE Global Colloquium will be preceding the SEFI conference that will allow the increase of networking possibilities beyond the Atlantic Ocean.<br/> Also opportunities are given to participate in solving local engineering problems. Some problems will be presented in loco but we encourage participants to research and propose solutions for existing challenges in engineering and engineering education in Azores. <br/> |
| Sponsor | Dassault Systèmes, Granta, MathWorks, National Instruments, Project Management Institute (PMI), Quanser |
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