2023 SEFI Ethics Spring School
The theme for the 2023 spring school Navigating uncertainty recognizes the growing unpredictability of the world today.
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,…
Insights for engineering ethics education system change
Gunter Bombaerts and Diana A. Martin Dear reader, As editors, our guess is that we (you and us) all are into engineering (ethics) education because we want to change for the better. Of course, living in the complexity of the…
SEFI @ work: The experience of neurodiverse engineering students: support for success
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion SIG and Engineering Skills SIG The event will be held on 15th of March 8:00-9:00 EST/14:00-15:00 CET during Neurodiversity Celebration Week (https://www.neurodiversityweek.com/) which takes place from 13th-19th March 2023. The webinar will consist of three 15-minute talks with a panel…
SEFI Podcast: Episode #6 Students as Partners
In this episode, our guest is Professor Gary Woods, Academic Director of NMITE where he leads the delivery and development of new approaches to engineering education through challenge-led, industry-linked programmes.