Embedding Values, Academic and Professional Competencies in Engineering Education: Learning Lines Approach
摘要
Confronting the challenge of superficial values integration in engineering education through a learning line on academic approach and attitude (AAA) is the central focus of this chapter. In this chapter, an AAA framework is introduced that provides a development pathway (explore, choose/direct, realise) to embed the core values of self-directed learning, interdisciplinarity, trailblazing, community, and personal development in an interdisciplinary engineering educational curriculum. This embedding is founded on a vision of educating future engineers who are both intellectually competent and socially responsible. Implemented in a Dutch liberal arts programme focusing on interdisciplinary engineering education, AAA advances a replicable method for designing a structured developmental pathway by achieving coherent alignment between values, learning lines, and learning outcomes. This integration is shown to be essential for developing “New Engineers” equipped with not only academic prowess and technical expertise, but also the professional maturity and social responsibility needed to address complex challenges in real-world settings.