The use of a delphi consultation to explore the curriculum for sustainable development in engineering

International Journal of Sustainable Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 298-303

  Tomkinson, Bland ^a   Engel, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Curriculum development; Delphi technique; Interdisciplinary; Operations research; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

BEST FIT; COMPLEX TASK; CURRICULUM DESIGNS; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; GROUP TECHNIQUE; INTERDISCIPLINARY; PILOT PROJECTS; SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; SMALL SCALE; STUDENT-CENTRED; UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PLANNING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CURRICULA;

EID: 79954471340     PISSN: 19397038     EISSN: 19397046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19397030802583250     Document Type: Article

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