Educating engineers for/in sustainable development? What we knew, what we learned, and what we should learn

Thermal Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 625-639

  Mulder, Karel F ^a   Segalas Coral, Jordi ^b   Ferrer Balas, Didac ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Curriculum change; Engineering education; Engineering ethics; Environmental education; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; PLANNING; TEACHING;

AUSTRALIA; BOTTOM UP; CURRICULUM CHANGES; ENGINEERING ETHICS; ENGINEERING SCHOOLS; ENGINEERING UNIVERSITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE; LEARN+; TOPDOWN;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78649969825     PISSN: 03549836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2298/TSCI1003625M     Document Type: Article

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