Engineering Students' Conceptualizations of Sustainability
Paper in proceeding, 2020

While the integration of a sustainability lens within engineering education is increasingly urgent, the appropriate conceptual underpinnings for such integration remain under debate. The study presented follows an investigation of one small group of students in a course that addressed sustainability in the context of technology design. Our goal was to explore the range of student conceptions of sustainability. Using a phenomenographic approach, we observed and interviewed students in the course and identified seven categories of sustainability. These findings can be used as parts of a tool for scaffolding students' learning experiences.

students

phenomenography

engineering

sustainability

Author

Jens Kabo

Chalmers, Communication and Learning in Science, Engineering Education Research - EER (Chalmers)

Dean Nieusma

Colorado School of Mines

Caroline Baillie

University of San Diego

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

15394565 (ISSN)

Vol. 2020-October

IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)
Uppsala, Sweden,

Subject Categories

Didactics

Learning

Pedagogical Work

DOI

10.1109/FIE44824.2020.9274122

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