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Sustainability in undergraduate course curricula at Andalusian (Spain) universities: a critical analysis

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Education is one of the main tools used to implement sustainable development goals (SDGs). Higher education institutions (HEIs) have a major social responsibility regarding sustainability given the relevance and impact of their educational work and the creation of knowledge through their research. Sustainability is promoted and linked to values, teaching-learning methodologies, and studying of global–local problems. Within this framework, the objective of our research is to determine the presence and means by which sustainability appears in the course curricula of university bachelor’s degrees of the public universities of Andalusia (Spain). The study used quantitative methodology. As in other studies, major deficiencies have been revealed in terms of the inclusion of sustainability in the universities, determining a limited presence of local problems to address sustainability. Thus, Andalusian universities distance themselves from the society and community in which they exist. This may also limit student knowledge of sustainability issues in which they could potentially be relevant participants.

Source: Frontiers in Education

DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1352959

Authors: Lourdes Aranda, Rocío del Pilar Rumiche Chávarry, José Manuel Ríos-Ariza, Esther Mena-Rodríguez

Institutions: Universidad de Málaga, Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo

Language: English

Topic: Sustainability in Higher Education

Subfield: Education

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Quality education

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,285