The need for sustainable development has become increasingly important in the face of global challenges such as climate change, resource depletion and social inequality. Educating for sustainable development is crucial in promoting sustainable practices and lifestyles for a better future. This chapter examines how to educate for sustainable development by discussing key steps that can be taken to effectively incorporate sustainability education into the curriculum at all levels of education. In doing so, particular attention is given to the challenges of educating engineering students for sustainable development. There are five basic challenges that need to be considered. These are: (1) the lack of practical experience, (2) curriculum overload, (3) lack of soft skills, (4) low diversity, and (5) outdated teaching methods. This chapter will explain all of these challenges and give hints on how they could be solved. It also gives an insight into a practical module where experience was gained, and feasibility was tested. At the Department of Industrial Information Technology, a project module has been carried out annually for three years, which has been evaluated and improved several times regarding the mentioned challenges. The focus of the module was sustainable product development. Its strategy is based on the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. For this purpose, a transdisciplinary project was developed that integrates several disciplines of the university as well as society through cooperation with an NGO for inclusion and individual education.

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Challenges in Engineering Education for Sustainable Product Development: Insights from Practice

  • Lisa Hagedorn,
  • Rainer Stark

摘要

The need for sustainable development has become increasingly important in the face of global challenges such as climate change, resource depletion and social inequality. Educating for sustainable development is crucial in promoting sustainable practices and lifestyles for a better future. This chapter examines how to educate for sustainable development by discussing key steps that can be taken to effectively incorporate sustainability education into the curriculum at all levels of education. In doing so, particular attention is given to the challenges of educating engineering students for sustainable development. There are five basic challenges that need to be considered. These are: (1) the lack of practical experience, (2) curriculum overload, (3) lack of soft skills, (4) low diversity, and (5) outdated teaching methods. This chapter will explain all of these challenges and give hints on how they could be solved. It also gives an insight into a practical module where experience was gained, and feasibility was tested. At the Department of Industrial Information Technology, a project module has been carried out annually for three years, which has been evaluated and improved several times regarding the mentioned challenges. The focus of the module was sustainable product development. Its strategy is based on the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. For this purpose, a transdisciplinary project was developed that integrates several disciplines of the university as well as society through cooperation with an NGO for inclusion and individual education.