Nota: The Group's activities came to an end in 2020
TREE Group: Transdisciplinary Research in Engineering Education
"Engineering Education research group in France"
A reflection of our society, higher engineering education systems in engineering are increasingly diverse, heterogeneous, and interdisciplinary, much like complex systems.
TREE Objectives
- to foster a rigorous approach to Engineering Education development and practice;
- to anticipate and reflect on innovation in Engineering Education futures;
- to design and develop a Research and Development activity in the field of Engineering Education (federating existing activities or projects, supporting new research activities or projects);
- to combine methodologies and approaches in order to effectively integrate Research & validated practice into Engineering Education;
- to promote IMT Atlantique and Institut Mines Telecom as a French leader in Engineering Education and as key players in European HEI.
TREE Research topics
In the context of Engineering Education Research and Development and Innovation (EE RD&I), TREE topic areas span a range of categories, including:
- supporting complexity & diversity in engineering education
- transforming engineering education systems for better efficiency & quality alignments
The TREE research group promotes quality enhancement in engineering education, and aims to inform and support IMT Atlantique's engineering programs and ensuring that they are enhanced and up-to-date.
Transdisciplinarity is adopted as an applied research strategy and approach, providing a blend of perspectives from a broad range of disciplines, based on both theory & practice.
TREE Main Research Methods
- Hupothesis-based research & Design-based research (inc. iterative cycles)
- Qualitative and/or quantitative research
- Didaktik engineering
TREE Fields and Applications
- French 'Grande Ecole' engineering programs and students (inc IMT Atlantique generalist Master degrees, inc. core, soft & transferable skills)
- WBL Apprenticeship engineering programs & VET
- Adult Education