Key competencies in sustainability in higher education—toward an agreed-upon reference framework.

Autor: Brundiers, Katja, Barth, Matthias, Cebrián, Gisela, Cohen, Matthew, Diaz, Liliana, Doucette-Remington, Sonya, Dripps, Weston, Habron, Geoffrey, Harré, Niki, Jarchow, Meghann, Losch, Kealalokahi, Michel, Jessica, Mochizuki, Yoko, Rieckmann, Marco, Parnell, Roderic, Walker, Peter, Zint, Michaela
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Zdroj: Sustainability Science; 2021, Vol. 16 Issue 1, p13-29, 17p
Abstrakt: Hundreds of sustainability programs have emerged at universities and colleges around the world over the past 2 decades. A prime question for employers, students, educators, and program administrators is what competencies these programs develop in students. This study explores convergence on competencies for sustainability programs. We conducted a Delphi study with 14 international experts in sustainability education on the framework of key competencies in sustainability by Wiek et al. (Sustain Sci 6: 203–218, 2011), the most frequently cited framework to date. While experts generally agreed with the framework, they propose two additional competencies, suggest a hierarchy of competencies, and specify learning objectives for students interested in a career as sustainability researcher. The refined framework can inform program development, implementation, and evaluation to enhance employability of graduates and facilitate comparison of sustainability programs worldwide. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index