Sustainable Development Competencies for Achieving the SDGs: Engineering Students and Industry Requirements
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21 septembre 2020
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Klara Kövesi et al., « Sustainable Development Competencies for Achieving the SDGs: Engineering Students and Industry Requirements », HAL-SHS : sciences de l'éducation, ID : 10670/1.t5mvpi
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This paper will provide an insight into how French engineering students and employersperceive the competencies needed to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals(SDG). It draws on the findings of two exploratory focus group studies carried out inthe context of the A-STEP 2030 European Project. Our results indicate significantdifferences in the awareness of sustainability goals among respondents, but arelatively high level of convergence around the skills and competencies that appearmost necessary for attaining sustainable development. The respondents consideredthat technical knowledge and skills were adequately included within Frenchengineering school curricula, yet they felt that achieving the SDGs would demand thatmore emphasis be placed on the development of transversal skills. According to ourresults, engineering schools need to more comprehensively integrate transversal skillsand competencies. Our findings also suggest that this may best be achieved viainterdisciplinary teaching and an increased use of project-based education (PBE) andlearning carried out in a real work context.