SEFI podcast Highlights of Season 1
SEFI podcast: Season 1 episode 7: Highlights A special 20 minute episode for you to bring Season 1 of the SEFI podcast to a close! We recognise that you might not have time to listen to all the episodes, and/or…
Call for Doctoral Symposium at SEFI 2023
All submissions should be made by email to doctoral.sefi@gmail.com before the 26th May 2023. Details The 7th Doctoral Symposium in Engineering Education Research offers an opportunity for PhD candidates to explore and develop research interests in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance…
Maffioli 2023: Nominations are open!
The SEFI Francesco Maffioli Award of Excellence for Developing Learning and Teaching in Engineering Education The SEFI Francesco Maffioli Award, launched by SEFI to commemorate its late President Prof. Francesco Maffioli (Politecnico di Milano), is given by SEFI, the European…
SEFI Ethics Spring School 2023: Registration Open
Engineering Ethics Education: Navigating Uncertainty Date: 24-26 April 2023Location: Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium The event will be held in-person on the campus of Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium). There is no designated hotel for the event, but…
Dialogic Praxis to love the world and assume responsibility to save it
Patric Wallin, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway With the current emphasis on change in higher education, emerging discourses easily reduce educational research to provide clear guidelines for systematic improvements and to distinguish efficient education practices from inefficient ones.…
We become what we repeatedly do: The argument for ethics in an integrated curriculum
John Mitchell, Centre for Engineering Education, University College London, The UK Engineering education has recognised the importance of competencies such as ethics, inclusivity, and sustainable design for some time, and is slowly moving to deliver them through curriculum reform. Sometimes…
Rewarding collective progress – Fostering learning communities within the engineering curriculum
Rubaina Khan & James Slotta, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto Universities provide the space and energy for communities to flourish - forming within and across student cohorts, among researchers, in student clubs, and many other traditional…
Change in Engineering Education: Keeping things afloat or building a better boat in a choppy uncontrollable sea
Jenni Case, Virginia Tech, The US It seems so obvious that it’s hardly worth commenting on – the reason we exist as a field of Engineering Education Research is for the improvement of engineering education, for promoting change. In many…
Change in Engineering Education
Faris Tarlochan, Qatar University, Qatar Higher Education landscape: Since the late 1990’s and early 2000, there have been drastic changes in the nature of the higher education ecosystem. The number of student enrollment had increased thus pushing the way for…
Reframing Racial Equity in Engineering Education
Diana A. Chen, Susan M. Lord, G. D. Hoople, Department of Integrated Engineering, University of San Diego, USAJoel Alejandro Mejia, Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering and Department of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA In 2020,…