TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose This paper aims to deal with the skills for sustainable development in engineering courses. The main objective is to identify which competences should be developed in these courses to contribute to the resolution of conflicts related to sustainability, as well as the means used by universities for their development.Design/methodology/approach The research is divided into two strands: a theoretical and an empirical one. Concerning the theoretical part, the webibliomining method was adopted, to select the articles that were relevant to the theme, and 22 works were selected. Regarding the empirical study, structured questionnaires were applied to 30 specialists in the field, aiming at validating the competencies found in the literature.Findings In the literature, eight main competencies required to the engineering professional, related to sustainability, were found. The empirical study showed that some competences are considered more relevant than others by the interviewees.Practical implications The competencies verified in the present study and the relative relevance between them found in the empirical study can contribute to the engineering courses that wish to develop the sustainable behavior of the engineers in their professional or daily life.Originality/value The originality of the work consists in presenting to engineering students and teachers as well as professionals of the market and the government the competencies that can contribute to the formation of an engineer capable of bringing adequate solutions to the conflicts of sustainability in the twenty-first century. This paper also presents learning teaching methodologies indicated for this purpose. No other works were found with these results.
VL  - 20
IS  - 4
SN  - 1467-6370
DO  - 10.1108/IJSHE-07-2018-0125
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-07-2018-0125
AU  - Quelhas Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves
AU  - Lima Gilson Brito Alves
AU  - Ludolf Nicholas Van-Erven
AU  - Meiriño Marcelo Jasmim
AU  - Abreu Chrystyane
AU  - Anholon Rosley
AU  - Vieira Neto Julio
AU  - Rodrigues Leandro Silva Goulart
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Engineering education and the development of competencies for sustainability
T2  - International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 614
EP  - 629
Y2  - 2024/09/23
ER  -