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Lana Ray; Aurelio Sánchez Suárez; Kristin Burnett – Curriculum Studies in Health and Physical Education, 2024
This paper uses the concept of glocality to illuminate the ways in which the global operates as a hegemonic social construct for settler and colonial states to infiltrate and repress other local epistemological domains to assert and maintain control. Identifying four prominent and interconnected themes in the glocality literature: developing deep…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Goal Orientation, Indigenous Knowledge, Accountability
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Deland Chan; David Howard; Clara Klages; Marion Lagadic; Andreas Papallas; Angela Ruiz Del Portal; Julia Youngs – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic influenced academia in many ways, impacting learners and teachers. This article is authored by six sustainable urban development doctoral researchers from various backgrounds and stages of their journey, and an academic advisor. The article is an outcome of remote collaboration through a substantial period during the…
Descriptors: Urban Planning, Sustainable Development, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Barrett, Angeline M. – Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 2017
This think piece focuses on relevance in secondary science education to propose a research agenda for contexts in sub-Saharan Africa, where enrolments are expanding from a low base. The notion of sustainable work is used to consider what kind of science education is relevant for students who will continue to become science specialists and those…
Descriptors: Science Education, Relevance (Education), Reflection, Equal Education
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Koehn, Peter – Higher Education Policy, 2013
As universities in the North and South become increasingly dependent on donor patronage for research and sustainable development initiatives, systematic assessments of transnational-partnership-award decisions and outcomes are of rising interest in academic and policy circles. After presenting a conceptual framework that facilitates comparative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Donors, Research and Development, Global Approach
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Koehn, Peter H.; Deardorff, Darla K.; Bolognese, Kerry D. – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2011
In the interconnected world of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, the ability of higher-education institutions to contribute to and benefit from international research undertakings, sustainable-development-project activity, and capacity-building endeavors requires transnational involvement. While the potential benefits are…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Campuses, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development
Muresan, Mihaela; Gogu, Emilia – Online Submission, 2010
The actual infrastructure of the information society sustains the globalization trend and increases the importance of the information and knowledge. The development of the knowledge society is the direct consequence of the mix of economic, social and cultural processes, which involve the knowledge creation and its equitable distribution, access…
Descriptors: Universities, College Role, Innovation, Global Approach
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Kostoulas-Makrakis, Nelly; Makrakis, Vassilios – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2012
In this paper, we look at the University of Crete experience to integrate the concept of sustainable development across all its operations. Through a review of current sustainability practices of universities worldwide, this paper has identified a number of principles for developing a sustainable university. These principles are then used as a…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Educational Practices, Educational Change
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Beringer, Almut; Adomssent, Maik – Environmental Education Research, 2008
Sustainability in higher education is dominated by practical "greening the campus" programs and initiatives. This paper examines sustainable university research and development projects as part of the "greening the campus" spectrum, yet distinct in their specific holistic and scientific orientation. Sustainable university…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Higher Education, Research and Development, Sustainable Development
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Axelsson, Harriet; Sonesson, Kerstin; Wickenberg, Per – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to open up a discussion about the roles and responsibilities of universities in society. Design/methodology/approach: The vision of the Regional Centre of Expertise (RCE) Skane a leading example on how to develop new knowledge about education for sustainable development (ESD) at all levels. The paper poses the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainable Development, College Role, Educational Responsibility
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Ferrer-Balas, D.; Buckland, H. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) and RCE-Barcelona in the context of two organisations with a strategic aim to further Education for Sustainable Development. A special emphasis is put in the role that UPC has had in the creation and development of this project,…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Sustainable Development, Systems Analysis, Regional Planning
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Filho, Walter Leal; Schwarz, Jens – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the experiences of RCE Hamburg, one of the latest Regional Centres of Excellence (RCE) to be created. It outlines the activities performed by the RCE and describes its relationships with the various stakeholders. Design/methodology/approach: A description of the region where the RCE is located is…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Stakeholders, Regional Planning, Regional Programs
Kaufman, Neil A.; Geroy, Gary D. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 2007
Human capital development is one of the emerging areas of study with regard to social science theory, practice, and research. A relatively new concept, human capital is described in terms of individual knowledge skills and experience. It is currently expressed as a function of education as well as a measure of economic activity. Little theory…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Social Sciences, Kinetics, Physical Sciences
Association of Canadian Community Colleges, 2010
This report provides the recommendations made by the Association of Canadian Community Colleges (ACCC) to the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology based from its examination on the accessibility of post-secondary education in Canada. Colleges are the advanced skills educators of choice. Aligned with the needs of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Research and Development, Private Sector, Advisory Committees
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Adomssent, Maik; Michelsen, Gerd – Environmental Education Research, 2006
This article discusses how far (and by what practical means) the growing global trend for universities to commit to sustainable development has spread across German academia. Following this introduction, part 2 will outline the political framework of the sustainability discourse in German higher education. Part 3 will emphasise the integration of…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Educational Policy, Teaching Methods, Educational Innovation
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Fokkema, Jacob; Jansen, Leo; Mulder, Karel – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2005
Purpose--To present the challenge of sustainable development, the way in which technology can address that challenge and the task of engineering education to train engineers for it. Design/methodology/approach--The paper describes briefly the history of the environmental and sustainability discourse in The Netherlands, as a densely populated…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Appropriate Technology
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