Publications de Joelyn de Lima

How Can We Make Scientific Events More Inclusive? Insights From Q&a Sessions and Surveys From an International Conference

Despite growing awareness of the importance of researcher diversity, barriers to inclusion and equity persist in science and at academic conferences. As hosts of the 37th International Ethological Congress, "Behaviour 2023", we studied gender disparities t ...

WILEY2025

A framework to identify opportunities to address socioscientific issues in the elementary school curricula: A case study from England, Italy, and Portugal

Joelyn de Lima

Scientific literacy is crucial to address important and complex societal problems, both current and future. Teaching using a socioscientific issues (SSI) approach is a potential strategy to develop students' scientific literacy, although teachers have repo ...

PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE2025

Evolution in European and Israeli school curricula - a comparative analysis

Joelyn de Lima

The contribution of school curricula to public understanding and acceptance of evolution is still mostly unknown, due to the scarcity of studies that compare the learning goals present in different curricula. To overcome this lack of data we analysed 19 sc ...

Routledge Journals, Taylor & Francis Ltd2024

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

Siara Ruth Isaac, Joelyn de Lima

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