Engineering Education Research is on the agenda for the improvement of higher engineering education and the development of strategies for solving important issues for the future of engineering education, such as recruitment, the need for new competences and the ability to deal with new types of interdisciplinary and complex knowledge.
Engineering education research in Europe, is characterized by a unique interdisciplinary approach where engineering education researchers do have various backgrounds in engineering, science, social science and educational psychology investigating higher engineering education.
Objectives
The overall objective of the SEFI Special Interest Group on Engineering Education Research (SIG-EER) is to create a European community of engineering education researchers in order to contribute with research evidence to the advancement of engineering education.
Specific objectives are :
- to raise awareness of the need of a research approach to the development of engineering education,
- to identify and define the research area of engineering education and the engineering education researchers,
- to support the establishment of engineering education research as a discipline in Europe as a whole as well as regionally,
- to establish and contribute to European research projects,
- to collaborate in the training of PhD students and to establish a European standard for doctoral training for engineering education researchers
- to influence and strengthen the engineering education research dimension at SEFI annual conferences
- to actively support the development of the SEFI journal European Journal of Engineering Education as a platform for research on engineering education
Activities
SIG-EER has seminars and meetings at annual conferences every year. In between there will be local initiatives. All the announced activities are to be found on the virtual platforms.
Organisation
The organisation of the SIG-EER will continuously be discussed among members. The intention is to have special interest group meetings twice a year and to run research symposia once a year. Beside these activities, there will initiatives related to projects, research training and the establishment of a community of practice.
7th Doctoral Symposium at SEFI 2023
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European Journal of Engineering Education Special Issue – Call for Papers
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SEFI@work: Researching Students’ Reasoning
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SEFI@work: Exploring Reflective diaries using Thematic Analysis
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Video: Growth mindset and the art of performing a systematic literature review
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SEFI@work: Growth mindset and the art of performing a systematic literature review
Anita Campbell will present highlights of the inspiring European Journal of Engineering Education review study “Developing growth mindsets in engineering students: a systematic literature review of interventions”
Video: The best of SEFI 2021 Annual Conference in one webinar
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PhD students shared their research in Engineering Education at SEFI 2021 Doctoral Symposium
5th Doctoral Symposium at SEFI 2021 On September 12, the SEFI 2021 conference was opened with the fifth SEFI Doctoral Symposium in Engineering Education Research. 10 PhD students used this opportunity to share and discuss their PhD work with 11…
Doctoral Symposium at SEFI 2021
SEFI 2021 Doctoral Symposium in Engineering Education Research 12 September 2021 – online The SEFI SIG of Engineering Education Research and the Local Organizing Committee are pleased to announce the SEFI 2021 Doctoral Symposium in Engineering Education Research. In this…
Postponed: SEFI Summer School for PhD students Engineering Education Research
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, and the unpredictable situation regarding international travels for June while having all face-to-face classes at KU Leuven suspended until the end of the academic year, we have decided to postpone the event for…