Advances In Mining Engineering Education: A Case For Learning Communities

Abstract

Abstract-Mining engineering involves the design, planning and management of operations for the development, production and eventual rehabilitation of resource extraction. These activities draw on a diverse set of skills. University of British Columbia mining engineers have traditionally been highly regarded for their strengths in the technical aspects of mining and mineral process but also for their understanding of the application of principles of sustainability and social responsibility. The current view of the UBC Mining curriculum demands the integration of aspects of environmental and social sciences shaping the future of tertiary engineering education. The solution is developing a curriculum that is focused on key learning objectives that are a reflection of all these external pressures. This paper examines the challenge of curriculum reform and the emergence of learning communities at the Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

The evolution of sustainability in engineering education research: a longitudinal analysis through bibliometrics and the CDIO initiative

“…Likewise, researchers also examined Standard 3, acknowledging that incorporating sustainability in engineering programmes requires profound curriculum changes (von Blottnitz et al , 2015; Hitch, 2015; Oswald Beiler, 2015). Three strategies for implementing such changes emerged that were relevant regardless of the kind of change: to complement, to integrate and to restructure.…”