Sustainability education in the spanish higher education system: faculty practice, concerns and needs

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dc.contributor.author	Busquets, Pere
dc.contributor.author	Segalàs, Jordi
dc.contributor.author	Gomera, Antonio
dc.contributor.author	Antúnez, Miguel
dc.contributor.author	Ruiz-Morales, Jorge
dc.contributor.author	Albareda-Tiana, Silvia
dc.contributor.author	Miñano, Rafael
dc.date	2021-09-08T15:46:39Z
dc.date	2021-09-08T15:46:39Z
dc.date	2021
dc.identifier	Busquets, Pere; Segalas, Jordi; Gomera, Antonio [et al.]. Sustainability education in the spanish higher education system: faculty practice, concerns and needs. Sustainability, 2021, 13(15), 8389. Disponible en: <https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/15/8389>. Fecha de acceso: 8 sep. 2021. DOI: 10.3390/su13158389
dc.identifier	2071-1050
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12328/2768
dc.identifier	https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13158389
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12328/2768
dc.description	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.
dc.format	14
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	MDPI
dc.relation	Sustainability
dc.relation	13;15
dc.rights	This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
dc.rights	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	Sostenibilitat
dc.subject	Desenvolupament sostenible
dc.subject	Educació
dc.subject	Desenvolupament sostenible
dc.subject	Educació superior
dc.subject	Percepció del professorat universitari
dc.subject	Grups de discussió
dc.subject	Sustentabilidad
dc.subject	Desarrollo sostenible
dc.subject	Educación
dc.subject	Desarrollo sostenible
dc.subject	Educación superior
dc.subject	Percepción del profesorado universitario
dc.subject	Grupos de enfoque
dc.subject	Sustainability
dc.subject	Sustainable development
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	Sustainable development
dc.subject	Higher education
dc.subject	University faculty’ perception
dc.subject	Focus groups
dc.subject	37
dc.subject	378
dc.title	Sustainability education in the spanish higher education system: faculty practice, concerns and needs
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

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