Work in Progress - Incorporating &amp;#x2018;sustainability&amp;#x2019; into the core curriculum through the development of an introductory course

Desai, Anoop; Thomassian, Jean-Claude

doi:10.1109/fie.2009.5350614

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“…An increasing number of universities are including sustainability and sustainability issues in their courses [2]- [4]. Providing educational opportunities, which include a focus on sustainability throughout higher education, can serve as a powerful approach to help achieve sustainable growth in a globalized economy as well as life-long professional development [5] [6].…”

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Stimulating college students to consider sustainability issues through the peer review method

Yoshizawa

Yoshikawa

Terano

2011

2011 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

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It is important for people in technical fields to be familiar with sustainability issues because public awareness of environmental and social concerns related to technologies has been growing. Also in pharmacy education, a deep understanding of sustainability issues is required so that the future pharmacists will make a positive impact on the environment. This study examines whether Japanese university students can identify problems in an illogical essay and it evaluates the effectiveness of the problem checklist when revising the text on the sustainability of drugs. We also investigate how much knowledge the participants have about the term "sustainability." The results of the present experiment suggest that the prior peer review training is beneficial in highlighting the problems in the essay and making revisions. The results also reveal that the problem checklist is very effective. Furthermore, the activity of reading and revising the text on "sustainability" using the peer review method as well as answering the questions about the knowledge of the term stimulate them to consider the sustainability issues. In order to spread the concept of sustainability in Japan, the topic of sustainability should be widely covered in college education.

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Stimulating college students to consider sustainability issues through the peer review method

Yoshizawa

Yoshikawa

Terano

2011

2011 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference

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“…Examples of such efforts have involved upper division courses [3] - [6] as well as freshman level courses [7] - [12]. Although there is considerable discussion on the best practices [13], there seems to be a general consensus that interactive and handson activities are the best way to introduce freshman students to the key concepts [7] - [12]. This approach also coincides with the recommendations from an ECEDHA Workshop held in 2003 [14] of teaching hands-on application courses to first year students to motivate them.…”

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Activities to infuse sustainability and renewable energy concepts in electrical and computer engineering

Pahwa

Kuhn

Miller

et al. 2011

2011 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

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Several engineering programs have introduced courses related to sustainability following the Brundtland Commission report in 1987. Available literature suggests that environmental engineering programs have initiated most of such activity, but only a few activities are reported in electrical and computer engineering programs. To fill this gap, a project to infuse sustainability into the electrical and computer engineering curriculum was initiated in 2009 in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at Kansas State University with support from the National Science Foundation. The goal of the project is to prepare engineers, who are equipped to meet the growing needs of society, as well as to bolster enrollment by aligning the curriculum with needs of the current generation of students, who wish to involve themselves in work that benefits society. The paper describes activities related to sustainability including hands-on experiments in renewable energy, development of a rooftop solar and wind generation system, and associated outreach activities. Finally, results of assessments conducted in freshman classes provide a view of student knowledge related to sustainability and renewable energy as they enter their college experience.

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“…Desai and Thomassian [15] present the results from an experience in a course undertaken at Georgia Southern University. The basic objective was to bring together students from various educational backgrounds and with hands-on activities such as mini design projects that challenge students to think creatively and make some aspect of any chosen system more sustainable.…”

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A learning tool to develop sustainable projects

Cabré

Forment

López³

et al. 2016

2016 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)

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Abstract-This paper presents a tool we have developed to help engineers to design and develop sustainable projects. The tool has been designed to introduce and evaluate the sustainability of engineering projects in general, but here we present how it can be applied to assess the final project of an engineering degree. This tool is a guide for students to introduce and estimate the sustainability of their projects, but it also helps teachers to assess them. The tool is based on the Socratic Methodology and consists of a matrix where each cell contains several questions that students must consider during the project development and which they must answer in their project report. A positive or negative mark is assigned to every cell, and the sum of all marks states the project sustainability. However, the result is not as simplistic as a final number, but a descriptive sustainability analysis where all questions are answered and every mark justified. A pilot test with some students has obtained good results, but the first Final Degree Project using the proposed methodology will be read in July 2016.

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Work in Progress - Incorporating ‘sustainability’ into the core curriculum through the development of an introductory course

Cited by 3 publications

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Stimulating college students to consider sustainability issues through the peer review method

Stimulating college students to consider sustainability issues through the peer review method

Activities to infuse sustainability and renewable energy concepts in electrical and computer engineering

A learning tool to develop sustainable projects

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