Addressing societal challenges at curriculum level
Summary
Historically, higher engineering education focused on disciplinary competencies and developing individual students to solve engineering challenges. However, society now demands a more integrative approach to address societal challenges. This necessitates curricula that incorporate transdisciplinary competencies such as systems thinking, interpersonal, and integration abilities.
Curriculum developers face the challenge of integrating both disciplinary and transdisciplinary competencies into a curriculum. This research aims to develop validated design principles for a forward-thinking engineering curriculum including both competencies, considering current educational structures.
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The SEFI Annual Conference is Europe's largest academic conference dedicated to higher engineering education. Organized by the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), it brings together around 600 researchers, teachers, and industry leaders to discuss innovations, research, and future trends in engineering training and pedagogy.
The runs from September 7 to 10, 2026, in Prague, Czechia, hosted by the Czech Technical University under the theme Engineering Education for Humanity. Members of our project team will attend the idea market, during this poster session they will present their work in progress. Click the button below to read the submitted proposal.