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Department of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable development as a threshold concept : an investigation into chemical engineering students' knowledge

Abstract

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These studies aimed to investigate the sustainability conceptions held by engineering students and to assess their level of knowledge on sustainability concepts. The findings revealed that the level of knowledge is poor and engineering students had varying ideas on what sustainability is.

Degree

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Department of Chemical Engineering
Year dc:date.issued
2011

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Sibanda, Lesley Kudakwashe
Advisors dc:contributor.advisor
  • Case, Jenni
  • Von Blottnitz, Harro

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11713
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oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/11713

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Sibanda, Lesley Kudakwashe. Sustainable development as a threshold concept : an investigation into chemical engineering students' knowledge. Department of Chemical Engineering, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11713