From Technological Innovation to “Situated” Innovation: Improving the Adaptation of Engineering Training to the Societal Challenges of the 21st Century

Gil, Emmanuel Cardona; Gardelle, Linda; Tabas, Brad

doi:10.1002/9781119563938.ch1

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“…Societal changes are influencing engineer training systems, especially in Europe and its sphere of influence. The weight of such expectations is transforming the classic academic models by encouraging the redefinition of training goals (Cardona Gil, Gardelle, & Tabas, ). However, in such circumstances, tensions are beginning to appear between economic development objectives, technological advances, social expectations and environmental constraints.…”

Section: Concepts Of Innovation In Engineer Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Training engineers for innovation: Pedagogical initiatives for new challenges

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2019

Euro J of Education

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The injunction to innovate which has permeated our societies in the last few decades has had a significant impact on engineers and their training. The idea of progress has since taken a back seat to the quest for innovation which saves time, space and reduces aims to short term performance objectives. However, marked by the technologism and productivism of the 20th century, the idea of innovation has also absorbed the new principles of sustainability and responsibility which have imposed themselves upon engineering research and activities in a henceforth internationalised world. It is within this context that engineer training institutions have sought to counter the injunctions to innovation and the stresses and strains that they produce. Based on three studies carried out in Europe and in several developing countries in North Africa and South East Asia, this article examines the curricula the institutions have implemented in order to observe current trends in innovation training initiatives in relation to locally-perceived expectations and requirements. We have observed that technologism and productivism, which are still very present in the principles which guide European engineer training, are in competition with the principles of low-cost engineering which satisfies user requirements and respects environmental constraints.As for the pedagogical initiatives, the phenomena of standardisation and commodification of higher education have led to the development of active learning (projects, problembased learning, fablabs, etc.). However, studies demonstrate | 567 LEMAÎTRE | INTRODUC TI ONThe injunction to innovate, which has permeated our societies in the last few decades, has had a significant impact on engineers and their training. It has replaced the idea of progress, that is to say, the continuous improvement of society towards an ideal that should be attained, the ultimate goal, legitimising the social figure of the engineer from the Renaissance to the modern era. Innovation has shortened time and space and reduced main aims to short-term performance objectives through profit, profitability, and efficiency (Martuccelli, 2016). Whereas the technologism and productivism of the 20th Century left their stamp on the idea of innovation, the new principles of environmental sustainability and responsibility have come to mark research and engineering activities in the internationalised world. In the framework of engineer training, like in other disciplines, the term "innovation" has multiple meanings and comes with its own ambiguities.This article is based on three research projects in Europe, Vietnam and North Africa which have been led since 2014 on the study of the curricula that institutions have implemented for engineer innovation training (Engineer Training and Professionalisation Team research projects, ENSTA Bretagne, Training and Professional Learning Laboratory). In Europe, countries were selected which were representative of the great historical training models, namely the UK (training through hands-on exper...

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Section: Concepts Of Innovation In Engineer Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Training engineers for innovation: Pedagogical initiatives for new challenges

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2019

Euro J of Education

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“…These challenges relate to issues caused by the absence or even inadequate implementation of ESD, which should be equally considered [3]. This reality applies especially to engineering education considering the important role that engineers can and should play in achieving SD, an issue that has gained prominence in the literature over time [5][6][7][8].…”

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A Systematic Review of the Different Methods Assessing Sustainability Integration in Engineering Curricula

Nakad,

Gardelle,

Abboud

2024

Sustainability

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Over the last two decades, numerous studies have highlighted the significance of integrating sustainability into higher education. Consequently, there has been a growing interest in the literature on engineering education for sustainable development, emphasizing the inclusion of this concept within engineering curricula and recognizing the pivotal role that engineers play in achieving the sustainable development goals. Therefore, sporadic engineering faculties worldwide have begun acknowledging and assessing issues related to sustainability in their curricula. As several methods have been employed to assess its inclusion, the aim of this paper is to review the various methods used to gauge how sustainability is incorporated in their respective engineering curricula. We carried out a systematic review of the literature regarding sustainability as assessed specifically in engineering curricula using the Scopus and ERIC databases. We applied PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) methodology and, as a result, 30 papers were included. The results produced 14 methods with the articles highlighting existing limitations. Therefore, the authors recommend the combination of at least two of the methods to efficiently evaluate sustainability in engineering curricula.

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