Reflective Practice in STEM Degrees to Support Adaptability and Lifelong Learning

Gareth Thomson; Klara Kövesi

doi:10.21427/N0PF-J843

Reflective Practice in STEM Degrees to Support Adaptability and Lifelong Learning

Gareth Thomson^*
, Klara Kövesi

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Abstract

The benefits and importance of reflective learning is widely recognized for the development of STEM students. However, the implementation of reflective practices in the curriculum remains a significant challenge for educators. The main purpose of this paper is to help educators overcome this challenge: to better support students to develop their approaches to reflective learning, to better develop ownership of their own learning processes and to foster skills to support lifelong learning. First, we describe the results of a recent survey among engineering academics to look at the issue of reflective learning and the extent to which it is deployed in practice. This was then followed up with a linked workshop designed for STEM educators to exchange experiences on their reflective learning practices at SEFI 2023 conference at TU Dublin in September 2023. The outcomes of both survey and workshop showed a genuine positivity and consciousness of the need and benefits towards the implementation of student reflective practice with a range of approaches used to guide to the students in this. Despite the numerous identified hurdles of implementation, we propose interesting practices to make the implementation easier.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Book of Proceedings for the 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education
Subtitle of host publication	Engineering Education for Sustainability
Editors	Ger Reilly, Mike Murphy, Balazs Vince Nagy, Hannu-Matti Jarvinen
Pages	3262-3269
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9782873520267
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21427/N0PF-J843
Publication status	Published - 10 Oct 2023
Event	51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, SEFI 2023 - Dublin, Ireland Duration: 11 Sept 2023 → 14 Sept 2023

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the SEFI Annual Conference

Conference

Conference	51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, SEFI 2023
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	11/09/23 → 14/09/23

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Lifelong Learning
Reflective Practice

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Thomson, G., & Kövesi, K. (2023). Reflective Practice in STEM Degrees to Support Adaptability and Lifelong Learning. In G. Reilly, M. Murphy, B. V. Nagy, & H.-M. Jarvinen (Eds.), Book of Proceedings for the 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability (pp. 3262-3269). (Proceedings of the SEFI Annual Conference). https://doi.org/10.21427/N0PF-J843

Thomson, Gareth ; Kövesi, Klara. / Reflective Practice in STEM Degrees to Support Adaptability and Lifelong Learning. Book of Proceedings for the 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability. editor / Ger Reilly ; Mike Murphy ; Balazs Vince Nagy ; Hannu-Matti Jarvinen. 2023. pp. 3262-3269 (Proceedings of the SEFI Annual Conference).

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Thomson G, Kövesi K. Reflective Practice in STEM Degrees to Support Adaptability and Lifelong Learning. In Reilly G, Murphy M, Nagy BV, Jarvinen HM, editors, Book of Proceedings for the 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education: Engineering Education for Sustainability. 2023. p. 3262-3269. (Proceedings of the SEFI Annual Conference). doi: 10.21427/N0PF-J843

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