Collaborative Proposal: Evaluation of Sustainable Engineering Education via Service Learning Efforts in Engineering

该奖项由2009年《美国复苏和再投资法案》(Public Law 111-5)资助。塔夫茨大学与科罗拉多大学博尔德分校和密歇根理工大学合作设立的这一工程教育研究奖将研究如何最好地利用服务性学习活动来加强学生对可持续发展的学习。该项目将审查和评估以可持续性为重点的现有服务学习活动，然后描述“最佳做法”，以帮助那些寻求开始或改进活动的人。结果将通过会议、出版物和一个专门的互联网站公布，感兴趣的各方可以在那里查看和提供资料。总体目标是通过服务学习发展学生对环境可持续性的理解，从而更好地为工程实践做好准备。这些技术预计将提高学生对工程学的兴趣，并将增加完成工程学学位并准备填补工程工作岗位的人数。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).This engineering education research award to Tufts University in collaboration with University of Colorado-Boulder and Michigan Technological University will study how service learning activities can best be used to enhance student learning about sustainability. The project will review and assess existing service learning activities which are focused on sustainability, and then describe the "best practices" in a manner which helps those who seek to start or refine activities. The results will be made available through conferences, publications and a dedicated internet site where interested parties may view and contribute. The overall goal is to better prepare students for the practice of engineering by developing their understanding of environmental sustainability through service learning. These techniques are expected to increase students' interest in engineering and will enhance the number who complete engineering degrees and are ready to fill engineering jobs.