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Weber, Jana M.; Lindenmeyer, Constantin P.; Liò, Pietro; Lapkin, Alexei A. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: Approaches to solving sustainability problems require a specific problem-solving mode, encompassing the complexity, fuzziness and interdisciplinary nature of the problem. This paper aims to promote a complex systems' view of addressing sustainability problems, in particular through the tool of network science, and provides an outline of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Workshops, Sustainability
Tugce Kilic; Derin Atay – TESOL Journal, 2024
The significance of social justice in education has become increasingly important, as education plays a crucial role in empowering individuals and fostering a dynamic environment that promotes awareness of social justice issues. This study focuses on exploring social justice education (SJE) within the context of Türkiye, where research in this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Education, Cultural Context
Bell, Geoffrey G. – Management Teaching Review, 2021
Students often naively assume that pursuing sustainability is necessarily costly and difficult. However, proponents of "weak" or "business-centered" sustainability argue that well-crafted sustainability initiatives may simultaneously reduce carbon footprint and enhance financial performance. This article describes a…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Experiential Learning, College Students, Attitude Change
Martin, Tania Josephine; Serrano-Estrada, Leticia; Esteve-Faubel, José-María – Higher Education Research and Development, 2021
This study addresses the problem of facilitating critical thinking about the real-world complexities that underlie the Sustainable Development (SD) concept among university students of architecture. The Socratic Seminar was adopted because of its characteristic exploratory questions that are closely aligned to the question-types used by the…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Sustainable Development, College Students, Architectural Education
Michel, Jessica Ostrow – Innovative Higher Education, 2020
Decades of policy initiatives, a developing body of literature, and a growing cadre of practitioners are united in suggesting that the preeminent approach to educating students about sustainability is by infusion throughout the higher education curriculum. While there is mounting evidence that sustainability should be taught to students beyond the…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Higher Education, College Curriculum
Dike, Felix Okechukwu; Ugwuanyi, Christian Sunday – Environmental Education Research, 2022
Transformative Learning Theory is instrumental in fostering sustained positive change in adult learners as it explains how critical reflection in crystallization processes results in emancipatory learning. Despite its relevance, there is no reliable approach that can systematically produce Transformational Learning for sustainability purposes.…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Values
Kalai Vaani Rajandram; Judith Nesamalar Tharumaraj – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2024
Existing literature predominantly emphasizes policy frameworks and technological solutions, neglecting the transformative potential of creative writing in facilitating purpose-driven learning. In the context of advancing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this study addresses the underexplored role of creative writing as a catalyst for societal…
Descriptors: Creative Writing, Writing Instruction, Transformative Learning, Constructivism (Learning)
Patrick A. Müller; Thomas Bäumer; Jan Silberer; Stefan Zimmermann – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2020
Purpose: Learning about sustainable development in dedicated curricula can be beneficial for students' personal and professional development and societies alike. However, for various reasons the implementation of sustainable development modules in existing curricula can be difficult in many fields of study. This paper aims to propose an…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Transformative Learning, Sustainable Development, Learning Experience
Trechsel, Lilian Julia; Diebold, Clara Léonie; Zimmermann, Anne Barbara; Fischer, Manuel – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to explore how the boundary between science and society can be addressed to support the transformation of higher education towards sustainable development (HESD) in the sense of the whole institution approach. It analyses students' learning experiences in self-led sustainability projects conducted outside formal curricula…
Descriptors: Science and Society, Transformative Learning, Trust (Psychology), Learning Experience
McMahon, Muireann; Bhamra, Tracy – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2017
The paradigm of design is changing. Designers now need to be equipped with the skills and knowledge that will enable them to participate in the global move towards a sustainable future. The challenges arise as Design for Sustainability deals with very complex and often contradictory issues. Collaborative learning experiences recognise that these…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Sustainable Development, Design, Teaching Methods
Oberhauser, Ann M.; Daniels, Rita – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2017
This article examines intercultural aspects of global service learning (GSL) focused on gender and sustainable development in rural Tanzania. The discussion draws from critical development and postcolonial feminist approaches to examine how GSL addresses globalization, social histories, and political economies of development. The empirical…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Case Studies, Transformative Learning, Gender Differences