TY - GEN
T1 - Developing Assessment Tools for Sustainability Learning in Engineering Education
AU - Esparragoza, Ivan E.
AU - Mesa, Jaime A.
AU - Maury, Heriberto E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2018/9/17
Y1 - 2018/9/17
N2 - Sustainability is becoming an important topic in the society. Industries are adopting policies not only to comply with regulations but also to exercise social responsibility. As a result, academia is making efforts to prepare professionals with the knowledge and skills to facilitate sustainable solutions. Several initiatives to introduce sustainability in engineering education have been reported in the literature. However, the complexity and wide scope of sustainability make the teaching and learning of this subject a challenge. Sustainability can be defined from different perspectives and its balance between environment, economy and social pillars is not always preserved. Additionally, the existing instruments to assess sustainability knowledge are too general and no discipline specific. In a complex topic like this, the knowledge in different disciplines cannot be measured the same. This work presents an approach to develop assessment instruments to assess sustainability knowledge in engineering in a learning module to be introduced in a first year engineering design course. The tools will be designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the module and the performance of the students in the module.
AB - Sustainability is becoming an important topic in the society. Industries are adopting policies not only to comply with regulations but also to exercise social responsibility. As a result, academia is making efforts to prepare professionals with the knowledge and skills to facilitate sustainable solutions. Several initiatives to introduce sustainability in engineering education have been reported in the literature. However, the complexity and wide scope of sustainability make the teaching and learning of this subject a challenge. Sustainability can be defined from different perspectives and its balance between environment, economy and social pillars is not always preserved. Additionally, the existing instruments to assess sustainability knowledge are too general and no discipline specific. In a complex topic like this, the knowledge in different disciplines cannot be measured the same. This work presents an approach to develop assessment instruments to assess sustainability knowledge in engineering in a learning module to be introduced in a first year engineering design course. The tools will be designed to evaluate the effectiveness of the module and the performance of the students in the module.
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U2 - 10.1109/WEEF.2017.8467171
DO - 10.1109/WEEF.2017.8467171
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85055438848
T3 - Proceedings - 2017 7th World Engineering Education Forum, WEEF 2017- In Conjunction with: 7th Regional Conference on Engineering Education and Research in Higher Education 2017, RCEE and RHEd 2017, 1st International STEAM Education Conference, STEAMEC 2017 and 4th Innovative Practices in Higher Education Expo 2017, I-PHEX 2017
SP - 829
EP - 833
BT - Proceedings - 2017 7th World Engineering Education Forum, WEEF 2017- In Conjunction with
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 7th World Engineering Education Forum, WEEF 2017
Y2 - 13 November 2017 through 16 November 2017
ER -