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Introducing Responsible Resource Management to the Engineering Education

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Engineering Education for a Smart Society (GEDC 2016, WEEF 2016)

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The article encompasses the results of Tomsk Polytechnic University research on principles of Responsible Resource Management; underlines the approach implemented at TPU for enhancing engineering education in line with these principles and fostering students’ sustainability competences and mindset. Best practices of creating specific educational environments at universities for fostering students’ mindset are addressed. The concept of Responsible Education is proposed.

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Pokholkov, Y.P., Chervach, M.Y., Zaitseva, K.K. (2018). Introducing Responsible Resource Management to the Engineering Education. In: Auer, M., Kim, KS. (eds) Engineering Education for a Smart Society. GEDC WEEF 2016 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 627. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60937-9_6

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