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Students' Learning Sustainability -- Implicit, Explicit or Non-Existent: A Case Study Approach on Students' Key Competencies Addressing the SDGs in HEI Program
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Alm, Karin; Beery, Thomas H.; Eiblmeier, David; Fahmy, Tarek – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study aims to understand better the student awareness and knowledge on how the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are used in higher education institutions (HEIs) to motivate students' learning on sustainability. It is essential to consider students' understanding of sustainability at the end of their studies to assess whether they…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Knowledge Level, Sustainable Development
Engaging Children in "What-If" Thinking through Read-Aloud Conversations in Early Childhood Education for Sustainability
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Niklas Pramling; Ingrid Pramling Samuelsson – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2025
This study presents the research that Pramling Samuelsson's keynote at the 32nd annual EECERA conference in Brighton 2024 drew upon. The study addresses an important but understudied feature of early childhood education and care for sustainability (ECECfS), namely engaging children in prospective or what-if thinking. Our reasoning is founded on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Reading Aloud to Others, Imagination
Educating the Educators to Be a Driving Force in Higher Education towards Sustainable Development
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Persson, Christel; Einarson, Daniel; Melén, Maria – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to address how a higher education pedagogical course in sustainable development (SD) for university educators affects their teaching efforts in providing sustainability matters for students. Design/methodology/approach: With the aim of improving that course, a case study approach was used to understand how the educators…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Case Studies
Teaching Sustainable Development through Entrepreneurial Experiences
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Burden, Håkan; Sprei, Frances – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to address the challenges of teaching sustainable development to computer engineering students. Part of the problem is that they perceive the topic as irrelevant for their future profession. Design/methodology/approach: To address this challenge, we introduced a project element into a course on sustainable…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Ethics, Entrepreneurship, Computer Science Education
From CDIO to Challenge-Based Learning Experiences -- Expanding Student Learning as Well as Societal Impact?
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Kohn Rådberg, Kamilla; Lundqvist, Ulrika; Malmqvist, Johan; Hagvall Svensson, Oskar – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
Challenge-based learning (CBL) is a multidisciplinary approach that encourages students to work actively with peers, teachers and stakeholders in society to identify complex challenges, formulate relevant questions and take action for sustainable development. In this paper, it is argued that CBL can be viewed as an evolution of the Conceive,…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Interdisciplinary Approach, Sustainable Development, Universities