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Moriau, Linde; Tondeur, Jo; Bertone, Julie; Huysmans, Minne; Temmerman, Martina; Meurs, Pieter – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: Community engaged research and learning strategies are considered meaningful methods for universities to demonstrate their critical importance to today's societies. At the same time, it is stressed that not all approaches are equally beneficial, highlighting the need for well-considered design and delivery. This paper aims to outline a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Learning Strategies, School Community Relationship, Universities
Working with the Divides: Two Critical Axes in Development for Transformative Professional Practices
Avery, Helen; Nordén, Birgitta – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2017
Purpose: The paper aims to provide a conceptual map of how to mediate between sustainability theory and practice in higher education and how disciplinary divides can be bridged. It further looks at issues linked to knowledge views and drivers for institutional change that affect opportunities for whole institution development promoting action…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Interdisciplinary Approach, Higher Education, Sustainability
Mulder, Karel F.; Segalas, Jordi; Ferrer-Balas, Didac – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyse the process of changing engineering universities towards sustainable development (SD). It outlines the types of changes needed, both in respect of approaches, visions, philosophies and cultural change, which are crucial for engineering universities which want to implement sustainable development as…
Descriptors: Engineering, Social Environment, Sustainable Development, Engineering Education
Desha, Cheryl J.; Hargroves, Karlson; Smith, Michael H. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2009
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present the case for engineering departments to undertake rapid curriculum renewal (RCR) towards engineering education for sustainable development (EESD), to minimise the department's risk exposure to rapidly shifting industry requirements, government regulations and program accreditation. This paper then…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Engineering Education, Industry, Engineering
Arbuthnott, Katherine D. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2009
Purpose: Many education for sustainable development (ESD) programs are designed to change attitudes and values toward the natural environment. However, psychological research indicates that several factors in addition to attitude influence behavior, including contextual support, social norms, action difficulty, and habitual behavior. Thus, if…
Descriptors: Psychological Studies, Attitude Change, Psychology, Sustainable Development
Ferrer-Balas, D.; Adachi, J.; Banas, S.; Davidson, C. I.; Hoshikoshi, A.; Mishra, A.; Motodoa, Y.; Onga, M.; Ostwald, M. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to identify the key aspects of transformation of universities towards sustainability, such as the ideal characteristics of the "sustainable university", and the drivers and barriers in the transformation, by comparing the strategies of seven universities world-wide. Design/methodology/approach: A…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Educational Change, Comparative Analysis, Sustainable Development
Bekessy, S. A.; Samson, K.; Clarkson, R. E. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2007
Purpose: This paper aims to assess the impact and value of non-binding agreements or declarations in achieving sustainability in universities. Design/methodology/approach: A case study of Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University is presented, analysing the reasons for lack of progress towards sustainability and evaluating best…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Educational Change, Accountability, Foreign Countries
Velazquez, Luis; Munguia, Nora; Sanchez, Margarita – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2005
Purpose: To explore some of the factors that could obstruct the implementation of the sustainability initiatives in higher education institutions as a way for assisting key players to improve the effectiveness of their potential or current sustainability initiatives and being ready for the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable…
Descriptors: Research, Higher Education, Campuses, Sustainable Development
Gudz, Nadine A. – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2004
Rethinking our organisational learning processes is critical to society's transition to sustainability--a transition toward living respectfully with one another on a planet with finite resources. Presents the concept of sustainability as a central organising focus for higher education and draws on theories of organisational learning to help inform…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development