An analysis of the difficulties associated to sustainability insertion in engineering education: Examples from HEIs in Brazil

Rampasso, IS, Anholon, R, Silva, D, Ordonez, RE Cooper, Quelhas, OLG, Leal Filho, Walter and Santa-Eulalia, LA (2018) An analysis of the difficulties associated to sustainability insertion in engineering education: Examples from HEIs in Brazil. Journal of Cleaner Production, 193. pp. 363-371. ISSN 0959-6526

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Abstract

This paper aims to understand how the difficulties associated with the inclusion of sustainability in engineering education are related. From the literature review, eleven difficulties were compiled and posteriorly, a panel of experts was conducted to divide them into two groups, namely “difficulties associated with structure and planning” and “difficulties observed in didactic practice”. These groups were used as a basis of a survey, involving Brazilian lecturers who work with sustainability in engineering courses. The collected data were analysed through Structural Equation Modelling, using Partial Least Squares method. The validation of the model was divided into nine different steps. A causal relationship between the two groups was verified through the present research, that is, the greater the difficulties associated with the structure and planning, the greater will be the difficulties observed in didactic practice. The results of this paper may be used by researchers in their future studies and by lecturers and coordinators as a guide to the inclusion of sustainability in engineering education.

Item Type:	Article
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	18 Sep 2018 08:01
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	This is an Author Accepted Manuscript of a paper accepted for publication in Journal of Cleaner Production, published by and copyright Elsevier.
Divisions:	Faculties > Science and Engineering
Subject terms:	Science & Technology, Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Engineering, Environmental, Environmental Sciences, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Engineering, Environmental Sciences & Ecology, Engineering education, Difficulties, Sustainability, Structural equations modelling, TECHNOLOGY, CURRICULUM, UNIVERSITIES, COMPETENCES, PERSPECTIVES, INTEGRATION, CHALLENGES, INNOVATION, STUDENTS, ESD, Science & Technology, Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Engineering, Environmental, Environmental Sciences, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Engineering, Environmental Sciences & Ecology, Engineering education, Difficulties, Sustainability, Structural equations modelling, TECHNOLOGY, CURRICULUM, UNIVERSITIES, COMPETENCES, PERSPECTIVES, INTEGRATION, CHALLENGES, INNOVATION, STUDENTS, ESD, 0907 Environmental Engineering, 0910 Manufacturing Engineering, 0915 Interdisciplinary Engineering, Environmental Sciences
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/621473
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.079
ISSN	0959-6526

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