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Embedding sustainability in the curriculum at the engineering school of the University of Chile Vargas, Luis S.; MacLean, Claudia A.

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The present paper presents two manners in which, by utilising the existing structures, sustainability is being integrated in the engineering degree programmes at the University of Chile. The first approach consists of including sustainability topics, principles and methodologies within the first two and a half years of compulsory courses; while the second one, entail the creation of two Minor programmes which can be undertaken by the students within a voluntary scheme. Additionally, this work describes the change process towards sustainability in teaching, and the main challenges found along the road. Moreover, in order to quantify the gap between the current and desired curriculum status in terms of sustainability incorporation, some context-specific assessment metrics are proposed.

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Embedding sustainability in the curriculum at the engineering school of the University of Chile
Creator
Vargas, Luis S.; MacLean, Claudia A.
Contributor
International Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development (7th : 2015 : Vancouver, B.C.)
Date Issued
2015-06
Description
The present paper presents two manners in which, by utilising the existing structures, sustainability is being integrated in the engineering degree programmes at the University of Chile. The first approach consists of including sustainability topics, principles and methodologies within the first two and a half years of compulsory courses; while the second one, entail the creation of two Minor programmes which can be undertaken by the students within a voluntary scheme. Additionally, this work describes the change process towards sustainability in teaching, and the main challenges found along the road. Moreover, in order to quantify the gap between the current and desired curriculum status in terms of sustainability incorporation, some context-specific assessment metrics are proposed.
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Conference Paper
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Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2015-06-09
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
DOI
10.14288/1.0064762
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/53826
Affiliation
Non UBC
Citation
Nesbit, S. & Froese, T. M. (Eds.) (2015). Proceedings of EESD15: The 7th Conference on Engineering Education for Sustainable Development, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. June 9-12.
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Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Other
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
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