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Mitchell McLarnon – Canadian Journal of Education, 2025
In the context of the current climate emergency, governments are implementing important climate policies promoting zero waste, carbon neutrality, increased greening, and protection of biodiversity. While climate policies are created with the best of intentions, they obscure the lived experiences of front-line workers attempting to implement these…
Descriptors: Climate, Conservation (Environment), Ecology, Public Policy
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Charin Mangkhang; Nitikorn Kaewpanya; Teerawat Cheunduang; Kasamas Muangkaew; Monton Onwanna – Higher Education Studies, 2024
The objectives of this research were 1) to study creative economy learning approaches to promote sustainable citizenship for secondary school students in the Upper Northern Special Economic Development Zones, Thailand, and 2) to design guidelines for creative economy learning management to promote sustainable citizenship. for secondary school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Sustainability, Program Effectiveness
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Laurett, Rozelia; Paço, Arminda; Mainardes, Emerson Wagner – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This paper aims to understand how the FUCAPE 120% Sustainable project promotes sustainable development in higher education. The project was conceived and implemented by FUCAPE Business School, a private higher education institution (HEI) specialised in business, located in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil. Design/methodology/approach: The…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Higher Education, Foreign Countries, Sustainability
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Thomas S. Muenz; Steffen Schaal; Jorge Groß; Jürgen Paul – Science Education International, 2023
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has become an essential issue for schools facing major challenges such as bridging the knowledge-action-gap. Interactive simulations could help to focus on action-oriented learning. As part of a design-based research (DBR) process, we investigated the learning potential of game elements within a digital…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Educational Technology, Sustainability, Sustainable Development
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Madsen, Kristina – Childhood Education, 2022
Eco-Schools is the largest global sustainability school program, with over 59,000 schools that engage 20 million students and 1.4 million teachers across 93 countries. The program was developed in response to the needs identified at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (also known as the Earth Summit) in Rio de Janeiro in…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Conservation (Environment), Sustainable Development, Environmental Education
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Lytovchenko, Iryna; Yamshynska, Nataliia; Kutsenok, Neonila; Filatova, Violeta – Advanced Education, 2021
The study was aimed to analyse the efficiency of teaching sustainability online at ESP classes. The participants of the study were 33 second-year technical university students who studied Sustainable Development issues with the use of interactive presentation platforms Thinglink and Padlet which employed different multimedia resources--text,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Sustainability, Online Courses, Sustainable Development
Bolstad, Rachel – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2021
Ten Auckland schools piloted a school carbon calculator between June and November 2021. The pilot aimed to build knowledge about: (1) how schools can use a School Carbon Footprint calculator to understand their school's carbon emissions, build knowledge about climate change mitigation, and take steps to reduce their school's carbon footprint; and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Ecology, Sustainability, Conservation (Environment)
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Reeves, Andrew – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2019
Purpose: This study aims to explore co-learning classes, a novel approach to leveraging universities' capacity to contribute to the local sustainable development agenda whilst enhancing students' learning. These participatory classes were piloted within a UK university masters' module focussed on action for sustainability. The classes sought to…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Sustainable Development
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Eppinga, Maarten B.; de Scisciolo, Tobia; Mijts, Eric N. – Environmental Education Research, 2019
The importance of education to address current sustainability challenges in small island states has been widely recognized. Environmental education may increase knowledge, while also increasing environmental awareness and motivating students to become agents of change. Student engagement in introductory environmental science courses may benefit…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainability, Place Based Education, Conservation (Environment)
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Lewis, Robin A.; Kenerson, Mollie J.; Sorrentino, Carmen; Rowse, Tarah H. – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2019
This article reports findings from the preliminary assessment of the Sustainable Living and Learning Community (SLLC) Programme, a yearlong and sustainability-focused living and learning programme. Using a multimethod approach that triangulates its findings based on quantitative and qualitative analysis of surveys, pre- and post-programme…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Living Learning Centers, Experiential Learning
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Haxton, Katherine J.; Darton, Richard J. – New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 2019
As part of a transnational degree programme, students in the UK and China were linked together to carry out group work. This was enabled by having two versions of our FHEQ Level 4 Sustainable Chemistry module; in person for UK students, and by distance learning for Chinese students. Groups were instructed to discuss issues relating to the UN…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, College Students, Distance Education
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Cohen, Benjamin; Lawrence, Kira T.; Armstrong, Andrea; Wilcha, Miranda; Gatti, Alexa – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: A coalition of students, professors, administrators and operational staff at Lafayette College designed an environmental module to integrate in-class curricular education with out-of-class environmental engagement. The purpose of this study was to improve the ethos of sustainability across campus. Design/methodology/approach: The research…
Descriptors: College Students, College Faculty, Administrators, School Personnel
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Sprenger, Sandra; Nienaber, Birte – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2018
Nearly 15 years after the Rio Conference and 10 years after the Lucerne Declaration on Geographical Education for Sustainable Development we are interested to what extent the goals of this declaration have been implemented? What role does Geography play in Education for Sustainable Development in higher education? We analyzed the modules of 107…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Geography Instruction, Higher Education
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Larsen, Yelva C.; Groß, Jorge; Bogner, Franz X. – Education Sciences, 2020
Based on classroom management fostering autonomy support and intrinsic motivation, this study examines effects of reciprocal peer-monitoring of learning behaviours on cognitive and affective outcomes. Within our study, 470 German secondary school students between 13 and 16 years of age participated in a multimodal hands- and minds-on exhibition…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Peer Influence, Cognitive Processes
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Tang, Kuok Ho Daniel – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2018
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the impacts of a sustainable development course on the beliefs, attitudes and intentions of a cohort of engineering students in a university in Miri, Malaysia, towards sustainability. Design/methodology/approach: Questionnaire survey was conducted among the cohort of students encompassing the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Student Attitudes
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