Integration of sustainability in higher education: three case studies of curricular implementation

This chapter critically examines the relationship between HEIs and their communities and questions whether the main motivating factors and drivers behind the increasing importance that sustainability plays in their policy making are social responsibility or social reputation based. Exploratory case studies are undertaken with a number of Higher Education Institutes in respect to the drivers for creation of their Green ICT Policy. Evidence suggests that social reputation is a declining factor on the greening of ICT in the education sector whilst there is an impetus towards financial savings and improving efficiency.

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Teaching Interreligious Encounter

10.1093/oso/9780190677565.003.0010 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Hans Gustafson

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Service Learning ◽

Community Engagement ◽

Case Studies ◽

Course Design ◽

Comparative Theology ◽

Guest Speakers

This chapter offers instructors in higher education some basic tools and elements of course design for interreligious encounter in the undergraduate classroom. Aiming at practice over theory, it provides practical suggestions for fostering interreligious understanding from the first day of class through the end of the semester. These suggestions include the use of guest speakers, interdisciplinary case studies, in-class reflections, and interreligious community engagement (i.e., “service learning”), among others. Further, it provides a concise bibliography of basic introductory texts for both students and instructors in the areas of comparative theology, theologies of religions and religious pluralisms, and interreligious studies and dialogue.

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The core components of education 4.0 in higher education: Three case studies in engineering education

Computers & Electrical Engineering ◽

10.1016/j.compeleceng.2021.107278 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 93 ◽

pp. 107278

Author(s):

Jhonattan Miranda ◽

Christelle Navarrete ◽

Julieta Noguez ◽

José-Martin Molina-Espinosa ◽

María-Soledad Ramírez-Montoya ◽

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Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Engineering Education ◽

Case Studies ◽

The Core ◽

Core Components

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Case Studies of Internationalization in Adult and Higher Education

Journal of Studies in International Education ◽

10.1177/1028315310388945 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 75-98 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Joellen Elizabeth Coryell ◽

Beth A. Durodoye ◽

Robin Redmon Wright ◽

P. Elizabeth Pate ◽

Shelbee Nguyen

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Case Studies ◽

Adult And Higher Education

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Can the Anthropocene Provide a Tool For Meaningful Teaching of Sustainability in Higher Education?

Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning - Teaching and Learning Strategies for Sustainable Development ◽

10.1108/s2055-364120200000019009 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 73-82

Author(s):

Patrick Baughan

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Sustainability In Higher Education

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Environmental sustainability in higher education: how do academics teach?

Environmental Education Research ◽

10.1080/13504622.2012.698598 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 385-414 ◽

Cited By ~ 59

Author(s):

Belinda A. Christie ◽

Kelly K. Miller ◽

Raylene Cooke ◽

John G. White

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Sustainability In Higher Education

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Strategies to promote sustainability in higher education institutions

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education ◽

10.1108/ijshe-06-2016-0102 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 18 (7) ◽

pp. 1018-1038 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Issa Ibrahim Berchin ◽

Vanessa dos Santos Grando ◽

Gabriela Almeida Marcon ◽

Louise Corseuil ◽

José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade Guerra

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Scientific Literature ◽

Higher Education Institutions ◽

Public Institution ◽

Content Type ◽

Federal Institute ◽

Sustainability In Higher Education ◽

Education Science ◽

Education In Brazil

Purpose This paper aims to analyze strategies that promote sustainability in higher education institutions (HEIs), focusing on the case study of a federal institute of higher education in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach The research was based on a scientific literature review on sustainability in HEIs, to identify the recurrent actions for sustainability in these institutions; and a case study of a federal institute of higher education in Brazil, to illustrate how these actions are being implemented by HEIs. Findings Concerns about sustainability, prompted by the Brazilian federal legislature, led federal HEI to change its internal processes, infrastructure and organizational culture toward sustainability. Practical implications The findings presented in this study, more specifically the sustainability plan of the Federal Institute for Education, Science and Technology of Santa Catarina, aligned with the recommendations proposed, can be used and replicated in other HEIs. Originality/value Scientific literature about organizational changes led by sustainability concerns, in HEIs specifically, still needs more attention in the academia. By addressing the case of a Brazilian public institution of higher education, this paper contributes to the literature on sustainability in higher education by reporting the process of implementation of a sustainability plan.

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