WSEAS Transactions on Advances in Engineering Education
Print ISSN: 1790-1979, E-ISSN: 2224-3410
Volume 9, 2012
Education to Sustainable Development: Example of a Vertical and Transversal Concrete Academic Project
Authors: , , ,
Abstract: Sustainable development is a complex concept, which concerns a wide range of social, scientific, economical and environmental issues. The necessity of Education to sustainable development is now admitted by a majority of politic personalities. However, evolution in daily life is still slow. This paper describes a personal initiative of a few teachers of Bordeaux academy: pupils from primary school, teenagers and their secondary school professors, students and researchers from ENSEIRB-MATMECA electronic engineer school, members of University of Craiova (Romania), were involved in this multi level and cross disciplinary thematic project: details are given on project goals, development and management as well as on the technical design. Future applications for ENSEIRBMATMECA electronic engineer school are finally discussed.