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The Power Of Perspective Dialogue: Unlocking Transformative Reflection In Engineering Education (Practice), Pleun Hermsen, Sjoerd Van Dommelen, Paula Hueso Espinosa, Maartje Van Den Bogaard Jan 2023

The Power Of Perspective Dialogue: Unlocking Transformative Reflection In Engineering Education (Practice), Pleun Hermsen, Sjoerd Van Dommelen, Paula Hueso Espinosa, Maartje Van Den Bogaard

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Engineers need to be socially responsible, ethically aware and deliver positive contributions to the wicked problems2 of today's global challenges. In navigating these challenges, being able to reflect is a necessary prerequisite. But if we simply ask students reflective questions, they tend to give us mostly socially desirable answers. Our university initiated an institute-wide program focused on creating learning experiences and environments for transformative reflection instead of superficial reflection. In this paper we present design principles for transformative reflection based on a literature overview and the program's accumulated experience. The principles are I) Six domains for reflection on engineering issues, …


Reshaping The Bio Medical Curriculum To Include Socialisation And Subjectification, Renate Gerarda Klaassen, Linette R.H. Bossen, Costanza Milano, Hans Hellendoorn Jan 2023

Reshaping The Bio Medical Curriculum To Include Socialisation And Subjectification, Renate Gerarda Klaassen, Linette R.H. Bossen, Costanza Milano, Hans Hellendoorn

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University students are asked to become all-round human beings, knowing how to be engaged in Engineering in the future, as well as wholly socialised and going through personal development steps. However, how and where are the students supposed to acquire these skills? Do we already have them in the Higher Education programmes and curricula? This article explores low threshold steps that can be taken to tweak the curriculum and implicit professionalisation of staff towards incorporating transversal skills and reflective activities that allow students to develop to their full potential.. One is a roadmap Workshop identifying guiding principles and touchpoint activities …


Euniwell: Maximising Academic And Social Outcomes In Engineering Education, Neil Cooke, S Chung, Kim Hawwash, D Cottle, E Caporali, G Bartoli, J Forss, J Andersson, P Chargé Jan 2023

Euniwell: Maximising Academic And Social Outcomes In Engineering Education, Neil Cooke, S Chung, Kim Hawwash, D Cottle, E Caporali, G Bartoli, J Forss, J Andersson, P Chargé

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The ERASMUS+ European University for Well-Being (EUniWell) alliance’s mission aims to resolve the paradox of Europeans’ relative prosperity against the global security and sustainability challenge. “Maximising Academic and Social Outcomes in Engineering Education” is a project which interprets this contradiction for engineering educators; how to best teach non-technical skills to ensure engineers make the utmost contribution to societal wellbeing? Appreciably, the social outcome for the person who becomes an engineer is positive because the profession is relatively well-paid. Therefore, engineering education is good for social mobility providing the learning environment narrows attainment gaps between disadvantaged and mainstream cohorts. Accordingly, our …