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Direct linkLeal Filho, Walter; Brandli, Luciana Londero; Becker, Deisi; Skanavis, Constantina; Kounani, Aristea; Sardi, Chrysoula; Papaioannidou, Dimitra; Paço, Arminda; Azeiteiro, Ulisses; de Sousa, Luiza Olim; Raath, Schalk; Pretorius, Rudi Wessel; Shiel, Christine; Vargas, Valeria; Trencher, Gregory; Marans, Robert W. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: There is a widely held belief that sustainable development (SD) policies are essential for universities to successfully engage in matters related to sustainability, and are an indicator of the extent to which they are active in this field. This paper aims to examine the evidence which currently exists to support this assumption. It…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Universities, School Policy
Albareda-Tiana, Silvia; Vidal-Raméntol, Salvador; Fernández-Morilla, Mónica – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this case study is to explore the principles and practices of sustainable development (SD) in the university curriculum. Design/methodology/approach: To explore the principles linked with the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the learning and teaching practices in sustainability at the International University of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Sustainable Development, Universities
Fiselier, Evelien S.; Longhurst, James W. S.; Gough, Georgina K. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider the position of education for sustainable development in the UK Higher Education (HE) sector with respect to the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) and Higher Education Academy (HEA) Guidance for education for sustainable development (ESD). Design/methodology/approach: By means of a mixed-method…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Quality Assurance
Verhoff, Brandon L. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Sustainable development is significant to the future of our environment and society. Sustainability demands an integrated approach to not only combating climate change, but also reversing social injustices. To ensure future generations are armed with the right information to make the best possible decisions in their future professions, we must…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Social Justice, Literacy
Download full textDemirci, Sinem; Teksöz, Gaye – International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 2017
Integrating sustainable development into higher education is essential to reach a sustainable future; accompanied with level of knowledge, increasing level of motivation of university students is also crucial since motivation affects their ways of sustainable behaviour. Therefore, this study aimed to explore university students' reflections about…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Beliefs, Sustainability, College Students
Fischer, Daniel; Jenssen, Silke; Tappeser, Valentin – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2015
Although it is increasingly recognised that higher education institutions have to play a critical role in the progression towards a sustainable development, the question of what fields and issues universities should attend to in their attempt to become more sustainable remains subject to debate. In recent years, sustainability assessment tools…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainable Development, Universities, Comparative Analysis
Savelyeva, Tamara; Douglas, William – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: This paper aims to provide data on the self-perceived state of sustainability consciousness of first-year Hong Kong students. Design/methodology/approach: Within a mixed-method research design framework, the authors conducted 787 questionnaires and collected 989 reflective narratives of first-year students of a university in Hong Kong,…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Student Attitudes
Korkmaz, Aysel; Guler Yildiz, Tulin – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2017
This study assesses the practices and environmental properties of preschools implementing the Eco-Schools program, targeting education for sustainable development (ESD) in terms of the program's environmental, sociocultural, and economic pillars. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used. The sample group, determined through criterion…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Environmental Education, Sustainability, Sustainable Development
Lai, Ching-San – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2018
Environmental education has recently received much more attention than before among elementary school students' science learning in Taiwan. The major purpose of this study is to explore the learning outcomes on environmental education for 5th graders in Taipei. A quasi-experimental design with a single group was used in this study. Students in the…
Descriptors: Grade 5, Environmental Education, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries
Mogren, Anna; Gericke, Niklas – Environmental Education Research, 2017
Previous research has suggested that adopting a transformative school organisation perspective when implementing ESD may be more productive than the previously recommended transmissive perspectives, but it is not clear how transformative perspectives could be introduced. To address this issue, we conducted an empirical mixed methods study of…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Teaching Methods, Educational Quality
Mogren, Anna; Gericke, Niklas – Environmental Education Research, 2017
Research on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) implementation tends to focus primarily on student and teacher outcomes, and there have been few studies on leadership practices at the school organisation level that provide information on how quality in education contributes to ESD implementation. To address this issue, we conducted an…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Leadership Responsibility, Mixed Methods Research, Secondary Schools
Rosenkränzer, Frank; Hörsch, Christian; Schuler, Stephan; Riess, Werner – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
Systems' thinking has become increasingly relevant not only in education for sustainable development but also in everyday life. Even if teachers know the dynamics and complexity of living systems in biology and geography, they might not be able to effectively explain it to students. Teachers need an understanding of systems and their behaviour…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Intervention, Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries
Mintz, Keren; Tal, Tali – Environmental Education Research, 2018
This research investigates the ways in which undergraduate courses dealing with the environment address sustainable development (SD), and contribute to the development of sustainability learning outcomes (SLO). The participants in the study were 13 instructors, and 360 students who were enrolled in 13 courses that addressed the environment in a…
Descriptors: Course Content, Environmental Education, Higher Education, Teaching Methods
Tsakeni, Marie – Perspectives in Education, 2017
Chemical education provides methods and theories that enable learners to understand some environmental issues in their communities better. Following the impetus on education for sustainable development (ESD), green chemistry and the need for learners to use the local place as a springboard to learn and understand global environmental issues, this…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Environmental Education, Course Descriptions
Rodríguez-Solera, Carlos Rafael; Silva-Laya, Marisol – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to present the experience of a Central American university that has been successfully advancing an educational model focused on sustainability for over 25 years. Many universities in industrialized nations are assuming a more active role in promoting sustainable development, while in emerging countries,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Sustainable Development, Role of Education, Graduate Surveys
