Education for sustainable development - an inter-disciplinary pilot module for undergraduate engineers and scientists

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-76

  Tomkinson, Bland ^a   Tomkinson, Rosemary ^b   Dobson, Helen ^b   Engel, Charles ^c  

^a University Adviser on Pedagogic Development   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Facilitators; Global responsibility; Inter disciplinary; Problem based learning; Professional skills; Teamwork; Wicked problems

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; FACILITATORS; GLOBAL RESPONSIBILITY; INTER-DISCIPLINARY; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL SKILLS; TEAMWORK; WICKED PROBLEMS;

CURRICULA; ENGINEERS; PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 70449721306     PISSN: 19397038     EISSN: 19397046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19397030802188100     Document Type: Article

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