Co-instruction Model for Multidisciplinary Senior Projects in Sustainability

这项授予圣何塞州立大学的工程教育研究奖将采用一种基于工程、商业和人文学科教师团队教学的新型“合作教学”模式，将可持续性整合到工程教育中。一项涉及可持续发展主题的高级项目“零排放房屋”将于2010-2011学年试行。该项目将由来自机械工程、电气工程、组织/管理、工业设计和政治学的五名教员共同教授。假设是，通过有效的共同指导和规划，多学科项目学习的好处可以在没有资源密集的情况下实现，而资源密集通常被认为是实施的障碍。多学科的基于项目的学习方法与有效的可持续性教育协同作用。这项工作预计将成为类似机构的典范，并对将多学科可持续教育纳入工程课程产生广泛影响。

This engineering education research award to San José State University would integrate sustainability in engineering education using a novel "co-instruction" model based on team teaching from engineering, business, and humanities faculty. A senior project involving sustainability topics named "zero-emissions house" would be piloted during the 2010-2011 academic year. The project would be co-taught by five faculty from Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Organization/Management, Industrial Design, and Political Science. The hypothesis is that with effective co-instruction and planning, the benefits of multidisciplinary project-based learning can be realized without the resource intensiveness which often is cited as a barrier to implementation. The multidisciplinary project-based learning approach synergizes with effective education in sustainability. This work is expected to be a model for similar institutions and have broad impact on the incorporation of multidisciplinary sustainability education into the engineering curriculum.