提高人们对工程在可持续发展中的重要作用的认识
Ana Belén Ramos-Gavilán1, M Ascensión Rodríguez-Esteban2, M Almudena Frechilla-Alonso2
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.
Heliyon
|January 11, 2024
概括
工程专业的学生在接受教育课程后显著提高了对可持续发展目标 (SDGs) 的理解. 该倡议提高了未来工程师对可持续发展的认识和承诺.
科学领域:
- 工程教育 工程教育教育
- 可持续发展 可持续发展 可持续发展
- 蒸汽专业 蒸汽专业
背景情况:
- 对于社会转型和实现可持续发展目标 (SDGs),STEAM专业至关重要.
- 将工程教育与可持续发展结合起来,需要学生的意识,承诺和技术职业的推广.
研究的目的:
- 提供旨在提高工程学生对可持续发展的认识和承诺的教育体验.
- 评估教育干预对学生2030年议程和可持续发展目标知识的影响.
主要方法:
- 一个涉及130多名本科工程和建筑学生的教育经验.
- 一个关于"2030年议程"的在线课程,随后是学位科目内的研究项目.
- 测试前后测试,以评估对"2030年议程"和可持续发展目标的了解,并补充满意度问卷.
主要成果:
- 学生对可持续发展的知识显著提高,特别是在课堂辩论后.
- 最初的客观测试显示得分很低,表明工程学生对2030年议程和可持续发展目标缺乏了解.
- 最后的测试显示了10分之3的显著改善; 提出了53篇关于可持续发展的研究论文.
结论:
- 教育经验对学生对可持续发展和可持续发展目标的理解产生了积极的影响.
- 该倡议促进了协作学习,并产生了积极的媒体影响,提高了工程职业的知名度.
- 该计划成功地将工程教育与可持续发展原则结合起来.
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