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What more can I/we do? Exploring the potential of humor and activism for accelerating educational transformation
Umeå University Umeå, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3614-1692
Umeå University Umeå, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9667-2044
KTH, School of Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), Learning, Learning in Stem.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6874-2885
2024 (English)In: SEFI 2024 - 52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering, Proceedings: Educating Responsible Engineers, European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) , 2024, p. 2429-2436Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This workshop was designed to be an open space to share and discuss possibilities to act for fundamental, perhaps radical, change in engineering education - towards an education that not only fosters technological excellence, but also contributes to fundamentally transforming society towards more sustainable ways of living.Our aim was to engage the participants in collaborative learning and co-creation activities to develop new knowledge, agency, and networks for educational change.To stimulate discussions, we first introduced two approaches for driving transformation: humor and activism.Then we introduced the “yes and”-technique which has previously been successfully applied for organizational development in higher education.Six groups with five to six participants applied this technique during the workshop.The 'yes and'-technique engaged the groups significantly and participants reported that they were surprised at how difficult it was to avoid the words “no”, “not”, and “but.We co-developed a list of action points that we can use to contribute to transforming engineering education where several action points were inspired by activism and/or humour.

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European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) , 2024. p. 2429-2436
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activism, Educational transformation, humor, societal transformation, sustainability
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-367250DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14260893Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85218638192OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-367250DiVA, id: diva2:1984444
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52nd Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering: Educating Responsible Engineers, SEFI 2024, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 2-5, 2024
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