Dec 15 2024 54 mins
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As the problems that society faces become more complex there is increasing emphasis on the need for engineers to work across disciplines, with a focus on taking interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to engineering education. However, there can be a lack of clarity about how such terms are conceptualised within the engineering classroom, this resulting in a lack of concrete teaching interventions. In this episode we speak to Thies Johannsen, a research assistant from TU Berlin who works at the intersection between Social Sciences, Humanities, and STEM disciplines. Thies draws upon his education in Law, Social Sciences, and Politics, and Philosophy, as well as experience in policy making, advising political bodies and consulting for corporate associations and businesses.
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Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about transdisciplinary engineering education.
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.25 Podcast Intro
0.50 Experiences in resilience from Natalie and Neil
2.52 Introduction to Thies
7.22 TU Berlin
9.46 Why is transdisciplinary becoming more important in engineering education? Understanding disciplinary routes
11.03 Specialisation, research output and impact, and innovation
14.14 Defining transdisciplinary
17.05 Modes of knowledge
25.34 An example of transdisciplinary work within engineering
29.43 Skills and competencies involved
33.02 Transdisciplinary in the engineering classroom
36.11 Classroom exercises
42.32 Assessment
44.58 Challenges associated with transdisciplinary education
48.03 Final advice
50.27 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil
Further Reading
Handbook of Transdisciplinary Learning which features Thies’ chapter entitled Cooperative Education
https://www.tu.berlin/en/vp-sl/transdisciplinary-learning/handbook-transdisciplinary-learning
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