TY - CHAP

T1 - A Research-Led Contribution of Engineering Education for a Sustainable Future

AU - Block, Brit Maren

AU - Guerne, Marie Gillian

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.

PY - 2024

Y1 - 2024

N2 - In order to optimally support engineering students and prepare them for future challenges, the integration of education for sustainable development (ESD) with a linking of technical and sustainability-oriented topics within the curriculum is essential. This paper contributes in two ways. On the one hand, a systematic literature analysis will focus on existing modules integrate sustainability aspects into engineering education and revealed framework conditions for successful implementation. Framework conditions such as the learning objectives of a course, the possible main topics, the didactic methods used, the challenges and obstacles to implementation and examples of good practice were identified. On the other hand, determined aspects were used developing an exemplary teaching-learning concept and putting it into practice. The proposed concept consists of a tripartite module structure, including a content level, a methodological-didactic concept and an individual process level for anchoring sustainability aspects in the teaching of engineering and strengthening student awareness.

AB - In order to optimally support engineering students and prepare them for future challenges, the integration of education for sustainable development (ESD) with a linking of technical and sustainability-oriented topics within the curriculum is essential. This paper contributes in two ways. On the one hand, a systematic literature analysis will focus on existing modules integrate sustainability aspects into engineering education and revealed framework conditions for successful implementation. Framework conditions such as the learning objectives of a course, the possible main topics, the didactic methods used, the challenges and obstacles to implementation and examples of good practice were identified. On the other hand, determined aspects were used developing an exemplary teaching-learning concept and putting it into practice. The proposed concept consists of a tripartite module structure, including a content level, a methodological-didactic concept and an individual process level for anchoring sustainability aspects in the teaching of engineering and strengthening student awareness.

KW - Engineering Education of the Future

KW - Engineering Education Research

KW - Sustainable Learning

KW - Didactics of sciences education

KW - Engineering

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85196143816&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-61891-8_8

DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-61891-8_8

M3 - Article in conference proceedings

AN - SCOPUS:85196143816

SN - 978-3-031-61890-1

T3 - Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

SP - 86

EP - 97

BT - Smart Technologies for a Sustainable Future - Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Smart Technologies and Education. Volume 1

A2 - Auer, Michael E.

A2 - Langmann, Reinhard

A2 - May, Dominik

A2 - Roos, Kim

PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

T2 - 21st International Conference on Smart Technologies and Education, STE 2024

Y2 - 6 March 2024 through 8 March 2024

ER -