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ERIC Number: EJ1465045
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1350-4622
EISSN: EISSN-1469-5871
Available Date: 0000-00-00
Integration of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Architecture Curriculum -- Quantifying the Extent of SDG Contributions
Edoardo Bertone1,2,3; Cecilia Bischeri1; Jennifer Boddy4,5
Environmental Education Research, v31 n3 p566-586 2025
Addressing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has become of paramount importance for higher education institutions; however, a lack of a transparent, transferrable approach to identifying and quantifying the extent of SDG contributions hinders the ability to benchmark against past performance or other institutions. In this study, a four-level, quantitative SDG contribution classification system was developed and applied to a Bachelor of Architectural Design program of an Australian university, by analysing all learning contents and assessment tasks for all the course of the Program. Results show that overall, the highest contributions were towards targets from SDG11 and SDG7, though most SDGs were addressed at some level. Contributions were mainly associated to lower cognitive learning levels, though there was a shift to higher-level (e.g. applications) contributions towards the last year of the program. Results also show that convenor-driven contributions, especially for some specific SDGs, can be significant, though in most cases SDG contributions were deemed part of core assessment/learning contents. The proposed approach provides a numerical assessment of SDGs contributions of a university-level program, which could be refined in the future and used more systematically by other institutions to benchmark and track progress towards achieving these goals.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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Author Affiliations: 1Griffith School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Southport, Australia; 2Cities Research Institute, Griffith University, Southport, Australia; 3Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, Nathan, Australia; 4Office of the Vice Chancellor, Griffith University, Southport, Australia; 5Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Gravatt, Australia