Abstract
Today's society is impacted by complex, fast and continuously changing problems. These need to be tackled inter-, multi and transdisciplinary. At the University of Twente, we have developed a new CBL minor Intelligence, creativity, and responsible technological innovation in societal transformations, (ICR&TIST), which focuses on research skills in complex socio-technological problem-solving contexts. The design of this minor has been guided by new insights from long-running research aimed at developing a Philosophy of Science for the Engineering Sciences and extensive experiences with engineering education in project-based learning (PjBL). Education in scientific research tends to focus on academic contexts, while scientific research in real-world problem-contexts (e.g., sustainability) requires the ability to effectively and responsibly construct relevant, reliable and intelligible knowledge for the benefit of the concrete, local problem and possible solutions, using everything science has to offer (knowledge, methods, instruments, mathematical tools). This type of scientific research calls for a new paradigm, called an engineering paradigm of science. Conceptual modelling (rather than hypothesis testing) fits better the core activity of this type of scientific research and should therefore be seen as an overarching skill. The educational design of the minor has adopted conceptual modelling as the overarching learning objective. This new concept, how to work with the accompanying conceptual modelling methodology (B&K method) and understand the underlying philosophical insights appears exciting and challenging for the multi-disciplinary educational-design team. This paper will elaborate on the educational design process, the resulting design of the minor, and preliminary findings in the pilot-phase.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | SEFI 2023 - 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education |
Subtitle of host publication | Engineering Education for Sustainability, Proceedings |
Editors | Ger Reilly, Mike Murphy, Balazs Vince Nagy, Hannu-Matti Jarvinen |
Publisher | Societe Europeenne pour la Formation des Ingenieurs (SEFI) |
Pages | 1681-1693 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9782873520267 |
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Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Event | 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, SEFI 2023: Engineering education for sustainability: Reflecting on the role of engineering and technology education for a sustainable world - TU Dublin, Dublin, Ireland Duration: 11 Sept 2023 → 14 Sept 2023 Conference number: 51 https://www.sefi2023.eu/ |
Conference
Conference | 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, SEFI 2023 |
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Abbreviated title | SEFI 2023 |
Country/Territory | Ireland |
City | Dublin |
Period | 11/09/23 → 14/09/23 |
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Keywords
- Engineering Paradigm of Science
- Higher-order-thinking-skills
- Interdisciplinary research
- Socio-technological problems
- Sustainability