Integrating sustainability into higher education curricula through the project method, a global learning strategy
Publication date
2019-02-01ISSN
2071-1050
Abstract
Higher levels of material well-being lead almost inevitably to giving priority to
individualism and personal advancement, often at the expense of civic conscience. A proposal
for integrating sustainability into the curriculum is presented in the third year of the degree in Early
Childhood Education at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC). Projects on sustainable
food are planned and elaborated to this aim. This study seeks to apply a global and systemic
approach to solving socio-environmental problems and to check whether education for sustainable
development (ESD) helps to develop and encourage actions that promote sustainable development.
Quantitative research was conducted using a pre-test/post-test quasi experimental design separated
by a period of didactic training in the project method. The results presented in this article show the
students’ sustainability competencies (SC) improve after working on didactic proposals in a global
manner. It is concluded that elaborating competencies in education for sustainable development
enables an integrated approach of knowledge, procedures, attitudes and values in teaching through
promoting the project method in multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary teams, which enhances
future teachers’ sustainability competencies.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Accepted version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
37 - Education
371 - Education and teaching organization and management
Keywords
Profesores--Formación profesional
Professors--Formació
Teachers--Training of
Universidades
Universitats
Universities and colleges
Educació social
Educación social
Pages
25
Publisher
MDPI
Collection
11; 3
Is part of
Sustainability
Citation
Fuertes Camacho, M. Teresa; Graell Martí, Mariona; Fuentes Loss, Mariana; Balaguer Fàbregas, Maria Carmen. «Integrating sustainability into higher education curricula through the project method, a global learning strategy». Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, núm. 3, art. 767. Disponible en: <https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/3/767>. Fecha de acceso: 10 jul. 2019. https://doi.org/10.3390/su11030767
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