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Critical Analysis of the Role of Junior Enterprises in the Training of Future Professionals Aligned with the SDG: An Exploratory Study Considering Brazilian HEI
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Viana, Lazaro; Rampasso, Izabela Simon; Pavan Serafim, Milena; Quelhas, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves; Leal Filho, Walter; Anholon, Rosley – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: Junior enterprises have been gaining increasing attention in the Brazilian Higher Education Institutions. In addition, these companies are contributing to enhance the training of future professionals. Improvements in future professionals' training must consider education for sustainability. In this context, this paper aims to critically…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Delphi Technique
An Overview of Research Trends on Sustainability in Higher Education -- an Exploratory Study
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Leal Filho, Walter; Frankenberger Silva, Fernanda; Salvia, Amanda; Shiel, Chris; Paço, Arminda; Price, Liz; Brandli, Luciana Londero; Rampasso, Izabela Simon; Anholon, Rosley; Quelhas, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves; Pretorius, Rudi Wessel – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the main areas in which researchers are focusing their efforts in terms of sustainability in higher education (curriculum, campus greening, research, governance or outreach), the format in which this research is performed (in terms of individual or combined efforts) and the primary research focus (in terms…
Descriptors: Trend Analysis, Sustainability, Higher Education, Educational Research
Analysis of Sustainability Insertion in Materials Selection Courses of Engineering Undergraduate Programmes
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Zanitt, Jeniffer Fonseca; Rampasso, Izabela Simon; Quelhas, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves; Serafim, Milena Pavan; Leal Filho, Walter; Anholon, Rosley – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to analyse how the materials selection courses of engineering undergraduate programmes can be better aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Design/methodology/approach: Initially, a content analysis was performed in 39 materials selection course descriptions from 40 engineering undergraduate…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Undergraduate Study, Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries
Implementing Social Projects with Undergraduate Students: An Analysis of Essential Characteristics
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Rampasso, Izabela Simon; Siqueira, Renê Grottoli; Martins, Vitor W. B.; Anholon, Rosley; Quelhas, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves; Leal Filho, Walter; Lange Salvia, Amanda; Santa-Eulalia, Luis Antonio – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: This study aims to analyse the essential characteristics for the success of social projects developed with undergraduate students of higher education institutions (HEIs). Design/methodology/approach: A case study was conducted to verify the main characteristics of projects in a social entrepreneurship initiative. These features were used…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Community Programs, Community Needs, School Community Relationship
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Growing Need to Train Engineers Aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals
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Anholon, Rosley; Rampasso, Izabela Simon; Silva, Diogo A. L.; Leal Filho, Walter; Quelhas, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2020
Purpose: Considering the requirements of sustainable development regarding professionals training and the challenges evidenced during Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, this study aims to contribute to the debates regarding the need to insert sustainability into engineering education in the current context. Design/methodology/approach: For…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Engineering Education, Sustainable Development
Engineering Education and the Development of Competencies for Sustainability
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Quelhas, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves; Lima, Gilson Brito Alves; Ludolf, Nicholas Van-Erven; Meiriño, Marcelo Jasmim; Abreu, Chrystyane; Anholon, Rosley; Vieira Neto, Julio; Rodrigues, Leandro Silva Goulart – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to deal with the skills for sustainable development in engineering courses. The main objective is to identify which competences should be developed in these courses to contribute to the resolution of conflicts related to sustainability, as well as the means used by universities for their development.…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Sustainability, Competency Based Education, Specialists
Developing in Engineering Students a Critical Analysis about Sustainability in Productive Systems: Empirical Evidences from an Action Research Experience
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Rampasso, Izabela S.; Anholon, Rosley; Silva, Dirceu; Cooper Ordóñez, Robert Eduardo; Quelhas, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves; de Santa-Eulalia, Luis Antonio – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2019
Purpose: The Mechanical Engineering course at the University of Campinas is composed of different disciplines in the areas of materials, mechanical design, manufacturing (production and manufacturing), computational systems, thermal and fluids. In the manufacturing area, in particular, there is a discipline entitled Productive Systems whose main…
Descriptors: Action Research, Engineering Education, Operations Research, College Faculty