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An Overview of Research Trends on Sustainability in Higher Education -- an Exploratory Study
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Leal Filho, Walter; Frankenberger Silva, Fernanda; Salvia, Amanda; Shiel, Chris; Paço, Arminda; Price, Liz; Brandli, Luciana Londero; Rampasso, Izabela Simon; Anholon, Rosley; Quelhas, Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves; Pretorius, Rudi Wessel – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to investigate the main areas in which researchers are focusing their efforts in terms of sustainability in higher education (curriculum, campus greening, research, governance or outreach), the format in which this research is performed (in terms of individual or combined efforts) and the primary research focus (in terms…
Descriptors: Trend Analysis, Sustainability, Higher Education, Educational Research
Using Real-World Engagements for Sustainability Learning in ODeL in the Global South: Challenges and Opportunities
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Pretorius, Rudi Wessel; Carow, Sanet; Wilson, Graeme; Schmitz, Peter – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: This paper aims to showcase and critically review the value of selected pedagogies in which real-world engagements are used to enhance sustainability learning in an open, distance and e-learning (ODeL) context in the Global South. The paper considers opportunities, issues, alternatives and implementation guidelines.…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Open Education, Distance Education
Creating a Context for Campus Sustainability through Teaching and Learning: The Case of Open, Distance and E-Learning
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Pretorius, Rudi Wessel; Anderson, Ryan; Khotoo, Anisa; Pienaar, Richelle – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to reflect on approaches through which open, distance and e-learning (ODeL) students can use their local environments for assessments and explores how this shapes their conceptualisations of "university" and "campus". Key issues and lessons learnt are covered, thus providing pointers for implementation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Sustainability, Learning Experience
Sustainable Development Policies as Indicators and Pre-Conditions for Sustainability Efforts at Universities: Fact or Fiction?
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Leal 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