Analysis of sustainability presence in Spanish higher education
| Autor: | Francisco Manuel Moreno-Pino, Fermín Sánchez-Carracedo, Bàrbara Sureda Carbonell |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Arquitectura de Computadors, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Expressió Gràfica a l'Enginyeria, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BCN SEER - Barcelona Science and Engineering Education Research Group, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. STH - Sostenibilitat, Tecnologia i Humanisme |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Curriculum planning
Higher education 020209 energy education Human Factors and Ergonomics Sustainable development -- Study and teaching (Higher) 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Presence of sustainability 01 natural sciences Education Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Desenvolupament sostenible [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] Spanish higher education degrees 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Curriculum development Ensenyament i aprenentatge::Ensenyament universitari [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] Sustainability competencies Sociology Sustainability presence map Curriculum 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Sustainable development business.industry Environmental economics Sustainability map Teacher education Variety (cybernetics) Engineering education Sustainability Spanish engineering degrees Desenvolupament sostenible -- Ensenyament universitari Disseny curricular business |
| Zdroj: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Popis: | PurposeThis paper aims to analyze the presence of sustainability in 16 Spanish higher education curricula in the fields of education and engineering.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology uses two instruments: sustainability map and sustainability presence map. These instruments enable analysis of the number of subjects that develop sustainability and the sustainability presence level in each curriculum; identification of what domain levels of the learning taxonomy sustainability is most developed; and analysis of whether a correlation exists between the sustainability presence and the number of subjects that develop sustainability in each curriculum.FindingsA wide variety of subjects develop sustainability in a given degree, depending on the university. The presence of sustainability is more homogeneous in education degrees than in engineering degrees. Education degrees have a greater presence of sustainability in the lower domain levels of taxonomy, while in engineering degrees the lower levels of taxonomy have a lower presence of sustainability than the higher levels. Finally, a correlation appears to exist between the number of subjects that develop sustainability in the curriculum and the sustainability presence. However, engineering degrees seem to need fewer subjects than education degrees to achieve the same degree of sustainability presence.Originality/valueThis paper proposes a methodology to measure sustainability presence that can be applicable to the curricula of a higher education degree if the corresponding sustainability map is available. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the largest study yet conducted to analyze the presence of sustainability in different higher education curricula. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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