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 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

Group directors & contacts Siegfried Rouvrais and Catherine Sablé