Sustainability Education in the Spanish Higher Education System: Faculty Practice, Concerns and Needs
| Autor: | Antonio Gomera, Jorge Ruiz-Morales, Rafael Miñano, Silvia Albareda-Tiana, Jordi Segalàs, Pere Busquets, Miguel Antúnez |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Sociales, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Doctorat en Sostenibilitat, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut Universitari de Recerca en Ciència i Tecnologies de la Sostenibilitat, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. STH - Sostenibilitat, Tecnologia i Humanisme |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Discourse analysis
Educación Geography Planning and Development 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Renewable energy sources Sustainable development 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION GE1-350 Sociology Sustentabilidad Desarrollo sostenible University faculty’ perception Percepción del profesorado universitario sustainable development Environmental effects of industries and plants Sustainable development- Higher Education education for sustainable development Grupos de enfoque Focus groups sustainability Sustainability higher education Percepció del professorat universitari focus groups Engineering ethics Desenvolupament sostenible- Universitats Grups de discussió Sostenibilitat Educació superior Higher education 020209 energy TJ807-830 Context (language use) university faculty’ perception Management Monitoring Policy and Law TD194-195 Education for sustainable development Education Desenvolupament sostenible Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Focus group Environmental sciences Coursework Educación superior Educació business |
| Zdroj: | Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 8389, p 8389 (2021) Sustainability Volume 13 Issue 15 Sustainability 13(15), 8389 (2021) Helvia. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Córdoba instname UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| ISSN: | 2071-1050 |
| Popis: | This article presents the results of the EDINSOST project in relation to the university faculty’s practice concerns and the need to embed sustainability education in the Spanish Higher Education system. Four questions were devised to determine (1) which conceptions the university faculty has about sustainability in the context of the Spanish higher education (2) what sustainability competencies the university faculty holds (3) the ways in which sustainability teaching strategies are implemented and (4) the ways in which practical coursework related to sustainability is undertaken in a Spanish university context. The methodology that was applied was comprised of a discourse analysis of faculty focus groups. To that end, a category system and a focus group implementation protocol were designed and validated, as well as processes of construct elaboration based on the analysis of the focus groups’ discourses. Among the most relevant contributions stemming from the research questions regarding the faculty’s assumptions was the evidence that the holistic conception of sustainability is not addressed in all its dimensions and the environmental dimension is overemphasised. The need for training to teach sustainability competencies and the faculty’s lack of awareness were also identified. As far as sustainability teaching strategies are concerned, project-based learning prevails, with service-learning emerging as the most effective strategy, even though its application is hindered by faculty training gaps. Finally, the absence of sustainability in teaching guides and study plans and the scarce institutional support for establishing sustainability as a strategic subject in the university were significant findings. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
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