Rising to the challenge – reflections on a year teaching Global Challenges

I have now been teaching in the Global Challenges field for over a year. Most of my previous Higher Education teaching had been in social sciences following a fairly standard lecture-seminar format.  On joining the Global Challenges team, I was looking forward to adopting more innovative pedagogical practices and, a year on, I have not been disappointed.

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Engineering Education Research, With A Focus on Engineering For Development

After winning the GDEE European Award for Best Practice in the Integration of Sustainable Human Development into Engineering and Technical Education, I was invited to contribute a book chapter support a series of online courses to help engineering educators consider the global dimension in higher education.  Continue Reading

Tackling interdisciplinarity early: transforming scientific expertise into global citizenship

Hauke, E. (2014) Tackling interdisciplinarity early: transforming scientific expertise into global citizenship. In: Interdisciplinary Public Problems, the Global Community, and Diversity. 36th Annual Meeting of the Association for Interdisciplinary Studies, Michigan State University. Lancing, USA.

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