Publications by Siara Ruth Isaac

Editorial: Integrating Epistemological Fluency in Interdisciplinary Learning

FRONTIERS MEDIA SA2025

How teachers can use the 3T PLAY trident framework to design an activity that develops transversal skills

EPFL2024

Teaching assistants' contributions to creating inclusive and equitable learning spaces in engineering

Siara Ruth Isaac, Helena Kovacs, Joelyn de Lima

Sustainable engineering education requires us to address discrimination and inequity of experience, thereby contributing to a renewal of the engineering profession that reflects a rich diversity of experiences and perspectives. Many students experience dis ...

Taylor & Francis Ltd2024

Exploring Engineering Students' Perception of Sustainability and Ethics in Their Curriculum Across Disciplines

Roland John Tormey, Siara Ruth Isaac, Joelyn de Lima, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey, Yousef Jalali

Sustainability and ethics are topics of significant, current importance in higher education. In engineering education, they take on even greater importance as engineers play a key role in addressing global issues. While multiple institutions have implement ...

2024

Distinctly Human - Student's Perception of Transversal Skills in Engineering Curriculum

Siara Ruth Isaac, Joelyn de Lima, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey

Through their participation in accreditation procedures, engineering educators are well versed in documenting transversal skills addressed by individual courses and across programs. But to what extent do students perceive support for the transversal skills ...

2024

Enacting Our Values - Steps Towards a More Sustainable and Inclusive SEFI Community

Siara Ruth Isaac, Joelyn de Lima

Our mission of educating responsible engineers requires a diverse and inclusive community where sustainability is a shared commitment. This workshop engaged participants in considering what it means to be a sustainable community and how this interacts with ...

European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI)2024

How to support students to develop coaching and peer teaching skills

Siara Ruth Isaac, Joelyn de Lima

Students learn more when they are actively engaged in the learning process. While hands-on activities, labs and projects are moments when students are active, the learning benefits can be amplified with coaching strategies. This activity will enable studen ...

EPFL2024

How to Support Students Giving Each Other Constructive Feedback, Especially When It Is Difficult to Hear

Siara Ruth Isaac, Joelyn de Lima

Being able to deliver feedback to peers is a key management skill and something engineering students report finding difficult, due to the relational and emotional implications. This experiential activity provides students with emotional management strategi ...

EPFL2024

Transversal skills priorities and curricular support as experienced by engineering students on their path to becoming responsible engineers

Siara Ruth Isaac, Joelyn de Lima, Jessica Elke Dehler Zufferey

Transversal skills (TS) are fundamental to both work effectively autonomously and with others in society. They are key to educating responsible engineers able to assess and proactively respond to issues and opportunities. As evidenced by recent course syll ...

2024

How to Support Students to Develop Skills that Promote Sustainability

Siara Ruth Isaac, Joelyn de Lima

Sustainability should be integrated into everything we do, including engineering and student projects. This experiential activity uses the selection of materials for a wind turbine to engage participants in a contextualised negotiation of multiple facets o ...

EPFL2024