Education for sustainability: Experiences from Greece

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 70-74

  Manoliadis, Odysseus ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Education practice interchange; Engineering education; Environmental issues; Greece; Internet; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CIVIL ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INTERCHANGES; INTERNET; STRATEGIC PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS; CIVIL ENGINEERING EDUCATIONS; COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATIONS; CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; EDUCATION-PRACTICE INTERCHANGE; EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; GREECE; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACHES; ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITIES; SUPPORT MATERIALS; TECHNOLOGY-BASED LEARNING; UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONS;

TEACHING;

EID: 62549098173     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(2009)135:2(70)     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. 4M. (2008). 4M Software Company, Greece, 〈 http://www.4msa.com/ productsENG.html 〉.
2. Barger, M., and Hall, M. W. (1998). " Sustainability in environmental engineering education.." 1998 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Engineering Education, American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, D.C.
3. Chau, K. W. (2003). " Internet based interactive package for diagnostic assessment on learning of fluid mechanics.." Lect. Notes Comput. Sci., 2783, 287-296.
4. Chau, K. W. (2007a). " Incorporation of sustainability concepts into a civil engineering curriculum.." J. Profl. Issues Eng. Educ. Pract., 133 (3), 188-191.
5. Chau, K. W. (2007b). " Web-based interactive computer aided learning package on open-channel flow; innovations, challenges and experiences.." J. Profl. Issues Eng. Educ. Pract., 133 (1), 9-17.
6. Chi, H. (2000). " Computer simulation models for sustainability.." Int. J. Sustainability Higher Educ., 1 (2000), 154-167.
7. Clift, R. (1998). " Engineering for the environment: The new model engineer and her role.." I. Chem. E. Trans., 76B, 151-156.
8. Davidson, C. I., Hendrickson, C. T., and Matthews, H. S. (2007). " Sustainable engineering: A sequence of courses at Carnegie Mellon University.." Int. J. Eng. Educ., 23 (2), 287-293.
9. Gunn, I. W. (1996). " Education for sustainability through engineering.." Environmental engineering education and training, T. V. Duggan, and, C. A Brebbia, eds., Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, 45-56.
10. Hurtado, O., and Hunte, C. (2007). " Educating engineers in sustainable energy development: An interdisciplinary approach.." Int. J. Eng. Educ., 23 (2), 200-267.
11. Jahan, K., and Mahta, Y. (2007). " Sustainability across the curriculum.." Int. J. Eng. Educ., 23 (2), 209-217.
12. Katz, L., Sutherland, J., and McLaughlan, R. G. (2007). " Instructional strategies to educate for sustainability in technology assessment.." Int. J. Eng. Educ., 23 (2), 200-208.
13. Leal, F. W., ed. (1999), Sustainability and university life, V. P. Lang, ed., Frankfurt, Germany, 23-31.
14. Mohtar, R. H., and Engel, B. A. (2000). " WWW-based water quality modeling systems to enhance student learning.." J. Eng. Educ., 89, 89-94.
15. Oreta, A. W. C. (1999). " Developing a web-based learning module in a basic engineering course computer.." Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ., 7, 235-243.
16. Perdan, S., Azapagic, A., and. Clift, R. (2000). " Teaching sustainable development to engineering students.." Int. J. Sustainability Higher Educ., 1 (3), 267-279.
17. Siller, T. J. (2001). " Sustainability and critical thinking in civil engineering curriculum.." J. Profl. Issues Eng. Educ. Pract., 127 (3), 104-108.
18. United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED). (1992). Agenda 21: Programme of action for sustainable development, United Nations, New York.
19. Van Kastern, J. M. N. (1996). " Interdisciplinary teaching within engineering education.." Eur. J. Eng. Educ., 21 (4), 143-147.
20. World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission). (1987). Our common future, Oxford University Press, New York.