Education for Sustainable Development and Its Role in the Promotion of the Sustainable Development Goals

Garcia, Jéssica; Silva, Sthefanie Aguiar da; Carvalho, Andréia Simas; Guerra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório de Andrade

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56505-7_1

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“…This cluster encompasses clearly defined papers with Education for Sustainable Development as a contribution to the SDGs [90]. On this subject, the papers tackle various aspects such as climate change, environmental education, attitudes needed to address sustainable education, policies or the role of the community in sustainable education.…”

Section: Analysis Of Cluster 3: Education For Sustainable Developmentmentioning

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Sustainable Development Goals and Education: A Bibliometric Mapping Analysis

Jiménez

López-Catalán²,

López‐Catalán

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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The 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda sets out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aimed at improving life in all its dimensions, covering all sectors, with a particular emphasis on education. The study presented here focuses on universities as priority organisations and agents of change within the sphere of their social commitment. We thus conducted an analysis of the related scientific production as well as a bibliometric mapping, identifying the main publications indexed in the Web of Science, within its main collection. Focusing on scientific production, we examine the types of documents published, the evolution of the number of publications, the countries of origin of the publications, the most cited sources and articles, together with the most productive authors and a co-citation analysis. Regarding the bibliometric mapping analysis, the five core clusters included in the study were: SDGs in general; SDG 4 on Quality Education; Education for Sustainable Development; Higher Education; and Education Management. Among the main conclusions reached, we would emphasise the need for a change in role and function of university education to tackle sustainable development.

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Section: Analysis Of Cluster 3: Education For Sustainable Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Development Goals and Education: A Bibliometric Mapping Analysis

Jiménez

López-Catalán²,

López‐Catalán

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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“…The 17 SDGs outline targets within various economic sectors, including education, health, water management, energy, food and agriculture, and land. Garcia et al (2017) describe SDGs as universal goals aiming to promote more inclusive societies, fighting inequalities and recognising the importance of cooperation and partnerships in pursuit of sustainable development along with human development.…”

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Implementation of SDGs at the University of South Africa

Mawonde

Togo

2019

IJSHE

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how universities can play a pivotal role in implementing sustainable development goals (SDGs). It recognises the advantage that universities have in responding to social challenges through their functions and operations, mainly through research and innovation and academic prowess. Not much guidance is available on how they can contribute to SDG implementation. The research is a case study of the University of South Africa, a distance education institution. It showcases how its science campus in Johannesburg has incorporated SDGs in its operations. Design/methodology/approach Data were collected through interviews with campus operations managers and sustainability office managers, a survey with environmental science honours students was conducted and observations of the Unisa Florida campus environment were undertaken to establish practices that contribute towards SDG implementation. Document analysis assisted in complementing the data collection process. Data were analysed by aligning practices with SDG indicators. Findings The research revealed a number of practices that align with SDGs in teaching, research, community engagement and campus operations management. Unisa is however challenged by financial limitations and as an open distance education and learning (ODeL) institution, it struggles to involve students in these projects. The paper concludes that while the most obvious contribution of universities to SDGs is towards quality education (SDG 4), higher education, including distance education institutions, can play an active role in implementing other SDGs as well. Research limitations/implications This research was limited to one institution, Unisa, owing to time limitations. While this might seem like the research was too selective, it was intentional, as the aim was to research a distance education institution. The research targeted staff involved in campus operations at Unisa’s Florida Campus, which is located in Johannesburg. Interviews were limited to students pursuing BSc Honours in Environmental Management. This was a methodological decision to contain the research, but making sure that the targeted respondents were the most informed. Individual case studies are often critiqued for being insufficiently representative to allow generalisations to other contexts (Jupp, 2006). This applies to this research in terms of “populations and universes” (Yin, 2003, p. 10), but generalisations to “theoretical propositions” (ibid) are possible. Originality/value There are few studies in Africa which researched implementation of SDGs in universities, let alone in ODeL institutions. The research revealed the challenge of involving students in sustainability practices in distance education institutions and serves as a testimony that such institutions can still have successful projects on and off campus. It suggests involving students in applied research based on the current sustainability projects on and off campus.

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“…A lot more information needs to be collected around the specific SDG targets and their indicators. Sustainability science has a lot to offer both in terms of its transdisciplinary approach to research (Orecchini, Valitutti, & Vitali, ; Schaltegger, Beckmann, & Hansen, ) and to practices of implementation such as in education for sustainable development (Garcia, da Silva, Carvalho, & de Andrade, ; Redman, Wiek, Redman, ). Public–private, sector specific, partnerships need to be forged which can codevelop detailed approaches such as have been done with certifying forest and fishing products and many other “environmental” sustainability issues.…”

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Harnessing the Sustainable Development Goals for businesses: A progressive framework for action

Redman

2018

Bus Strat Dev

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Businesses, as with other sectors in society, are not yet taking sufficient action towards achieving sustainability. The United Nations recently agreed upon a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which if properly harnessed, provide a framework (so far lacking) for businesses to meaningfully drive transformations to sustainability. This paper proposes to operationalize the SDGs for businesses through a progressive framework for action with three discrete levels: communication, tactical, and strategic. Within the tactical and strategic levels, several innovative approaches are discussed and illustrated. The challenges of design and measurement as well as opportunities for accountability and the social side of Sustainability, together call for transdisciplinary, collective action. This paper demonstrates feasible pathways and approaches for businesses to take corporate social responsibility to the next level and utilize the SDG framework informed by sustainability science to support transformations towards the achievement of sustainability.

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Education for Sustainable Development and Its Role in the Promotion of the Sustainable Development Goals

Cited by 21 publications

References 51 publications

Sustainable Development Goals and Education: A Bibliometric Mapping Analysis

Sustainable Development Goals and Education: A Bibliometric Mapping Analysis

Implementation of SDGs at the University of South Africa

Harnessing the Sustainable Development Goals for businesses: A progressive framework for action

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