Approaches to assessing the level of engineering students' sustainable development mindset

Yury Pokholkov, Manfred Horvat, Jose Carlos Quadrado, Maria Chervach, Kseniya Zaitseva

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Abstract

The article discusses the arising requirement towards engineering graduates to be able to follow Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and principles in their professional activity. The paper underlines the importance of fostering the Sustainable Development (SD) mindset of engineering students, as well as the need for formation and development of a specific SD environment at universities. The article summarizes the results of expert research on engineering students' SD mindset, including a set of quantitative assessment criteria and evaluation scales for the assessment of SD mindset, rating of restraints on the way of fostering future engineers' SD mindset, and a set of recommendations for training socially responsible students with Sustainable Development mindset.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020
EditorsAlberto Cardoso, Gustavo R. Alves, Teresa Restivo
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages1102-1109
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781728109305
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2020
Event11th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020 - Porto, Portugal
Duration: 27 Apr 2020 → 30 Apr 2020

Publication series

NameIEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON
Volume2020-April
ISSN (Print)2165-9559
ISSN (Electronic)2165-9567

Conference

Conference11th IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020
CountryPortugal
CityPorto
Period27.4.20 → 30.4.20

Keywords

  • Responsible engineers
  • Sustainable Development environment
  • Sustainable Development mindset

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems and Management
  • Education
  • Engineering(all)

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    Pokholkov, Y., Horvat, M., Quadrado, J. C., Chervach, M., & Zaitseva, K. (2020). Approaches to assessing the level of engineering students' sustainable development mindset. In A. Cardoso, G. R. Alves, & T. Restivo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON 2020 (pp. 1102-1109). [9125292] (IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference, EDUCON; Vol. 2020-April). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/EDUCON45650.2020.9125292