Engineering Education Research is on the agenda for the improvement of higher engineering education and the development of strategies for solving important issues for the future of engineering education, such as recruitment, the need for new competences and the ability to deal with new types of interdisciplinary and complex knowledge.
Engineering education research in Europe, is characterized by a unique interdisciplinary approach where engineering education researchers do have various backgrounds in engineering, science, social science and educational psychology investigating higher engineering education.
Objectives
The overall objective of the SEFI Special Interest Group on Engineering Education Research (SIG-EER) is to create a European community of engineering education researchers in order to contribute with research evidence to the advancement of engineering education.
Specific objectives are :
- to raise awareness of the need of a research approach to the development of engineering education,
- to identify and define the research area of engineering education and the engineering education researchers,
- to support the establishment of engineering education research as a discipline in Europe as a whole as well as regionally,
- to establish and contribute to European research projects,
- to collaborate in the training of PhD students and to establish a European standard for doctoral training for engineering education researchers
- to influence and strengthen the engineering education research dimension at SEFI annual conferences
- to actively support the development of the SEFI journal European Journal of Engineering Education as a platform for research on engineering education
Activities
SIG-EER has seminars and meetings at annual conferences every year. In between there will be local initiatives. All the announced activities are to be found on the virtual platforms.
Organisation
The organisation of the SIG-EER will continuously be discussed among members. The intention is to have special interest group meetings twice a year and to run research symposia once a year. Beside these activities, there will initiatives related to projects, research training and the establishment of a community of practice.
SEFI@work: Contemporary Approaches to Assessment of Engineering Competencies for Diverse Learners
Lauri Malmi will present the A Selective Review of Computing Education Research, chapter 26 from the International Handbook of Engineering Education Research , by Lauri Malmi and Aditya Johri. This webinar provides a unique opportunity to get insights in this research topic in Engineering Education and to get to know the researchers behind the chapter. You will have the opportunity to ask questions around the chapter and engage in an interesting conversation with other attendees.
Call for papers: EJEE Special Issue
Metacognition, self-regulation, and socially shared regulation in Engineering Education Special Issue of the European Journal for Engineering Education Download PDF Co-Leading Guest Editors Tinne De Laet, KU Leuven, Belgium Lynn van den Broeck, KU Leuven, Belgium Guest Editors Karolina Doulougeri, TU…
SEFI@Work: Building Scholarship of Teaching and Learning with Exploratory Data Analysis
Date 6 November, 14:00 – 15:30 CET Description: In this webinar we will introduce the principles of Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) and its critical role in building scholarship of teaching and learning. Whether you are conducting small observational studies or…
SEFI Summer School 2025 for PhD Candidates of Engineering And Science Education Research
In 2025, another edition of the Summer School, organised by Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) and SEFI will take place from 20th May until 23rd May 2025 and provides an opportunity for PhD students engaged in engineering and science education research to learn from experts…
8th SEFI Doctoral Symposium in Engineering Education Research
The 8th SEFI Doctoral Symposium in Engineering Education Research, held on 1 September 2024, at EPFL, brought together 31 Ph.D. students from 13 countries across four continents. This full-day event, preceding the SEFI Annual Conference, offered a dynamic and enriching…
SEFI@work: A Selective Review of Computing Education Research
Lauri Malmi will present the A Selective Review of Computing Education Research, chapter 26 from the International Handbook of Engineering Education Research , by Lauri Malmi and Aditya Johri. This webinar provides a unique opportunity to get insights in this research topic in Engineering Education and to get to know the researchers behind the chapter. You will have the opportunity to ask questions around the chapter and engage in an interesting conversation with other attendees.
7th Doctoral Symposium at SEFI 2023
Kicking off the SEFI 2023 conference in high gear, the 7th SEFI Doctoral Symposium in Engineering Education Research was held on Sunday, September 10. A record number of 37 PhD students used this opportunity to share and discuss their PhD work and build…
European Journal of Engineering Education Special Issue – Call for Papers
Emotions in Engineering Education Widening perspectives in a rapidly growing field of research Submission process Deadline for extended abstracts – 15 November 2023 Notifications of invitation for full paper submission – 15 December 2023 Full paper submission due date – 15…
SEFI@work: Researching Students’ Reasoning
SEFI@work: Researching students’ reasoning Session of the series Research Methods in Engineering Education, organized by the SEFI SIG Engineering Education Research Monday, 16 January ’23 12:30pm – 1:30pm CET Speakers:Claudia Schäfle, Rosenheim Technical University of Applied SciencesChristian Kautz, Hamburg University of Technology,…
SEFI@work: Exploring Reflective diaries using Thematic Analysis
SEFI@work session of the series Research Methods in Engineering Education, organized by the SEFI SIG Engineering Education Research Speaker: Patric Wallin, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway patric.wallin@ntnu.no Patric Wallin will present highlights of the work published in the…