Developing the curriculum for a new Bachelor's degree in Engineering for Sustainable Development

Connecting Competences and Pedagogical Approaches for Sustainable Development in Higher Education: A Literature Review and Framework Proposal

“…In this context, there has been considerable progress in the incorporation of SD into universities' curricula (see [4][5][6][7]. Some examples of such progress include the assessment of the state of corporate social responsibility (CSR) education in Europe [8]; the development of an e-learning introductory course on sustainability [9]; courses on CSR and sustainability [10]; the use of active learning methods for addressing the legitimacy and practicability of an introductory course on sustainability in business [11]; the application of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives to a six-course design [12]; an 'Educate the Educators' programme [13]; an alumni survey to explore the corporate sustainability practice experiences of their MBA graduates [14]; the development of a course on organisational change management for sustainability [15]; the development of an Engineering for Sustainable Development degree [16]; and the effect of sustainability courses on students' sustainability competences. Some authors use the term competencies or make distinctions between competences and competencies; however, this paper uses the term competences, as specified by the Oxford English Dictionary [17] The incorporation of SD into curricula requires systems thinking and interdisciplinary approaches [2] and calls for pedagogical innovations that provide interactive, experiential, transformative, and real-world learning [18].…”

Identifying and overcoming obstacles to the implementation of sustainable development at universities

“…On the other hand, HEIs have a high potential to make rapid progress in implementing SD into their operations (e.g. Cantalapiedra et al 2006;Ferrer-Balas et al 2009;Lozano and Lozano 2014;Verhulst and Lambrechts 2015;Wu and Shen 2016), curricula (e.g. Watson et al 2013;Aktas et al 2015;Alonso-Almeida et al 2015;Azeiteiro et al 2015;von Blottnitz et al 2015;Dlouhá and Burandt 2015;Lozano et al 2015b;Rose et al 2015;Verhulst and Lambrechts 2015), and research (e.g.…”

“…Watson et al 2013;Aktas et al 2015;Alonso-Almeida et al 2015;Azeiteiro et al 2015;von Blottnitz et al 2015;Dlouhá and Burandt 2015;Lozano et al 2015b;Rose et al 2015;Verhulst and Lambrechts 2015), and research (e.g. Cantalapiedra et al 2006;Ferrer-Balas et al 2009;Lozano and Lozano 2014).…”

A Relação Entre as Universidades e a Ética Ambiental nas Empresas: Existe Influência do Narcisismo e do Materialismo Sobre a Ética Ambiental

“…Westerman et al, (2016) acreditam que as instituições de ensino superior devem trabalhar para garantir a formação de alunos capazes e dispostos a gerenciar organizações com ética e moralidade. Ao mesmo tempo, as principais companhias estão cada vez mais exigentes com as universidades, para que preparem seus graduados para o desenvolvimento sustentável (LOZANO; LOZANO, 2014). A educação voltada para o desenvolvimento sustentável surgiu na metade do século 20, em um documento político aprovado pela comunidade internacional na Conferência das Nações Unidas, onde foi enfatizado que a educação é um dos fatores chave para atingir o desenvolvimento sustentável.…”