From hermeneutics in social science toward a hermeneutics of social science

Heller, Ágnes

doi:10.1007/bf00183385

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“…Other important caveats included threats to reliability and validity [38]. In this paper, reliability was mainly affected by observer error and bias, based upon the nature of the interpretation and hermeneutics, which are based on the standpoints, experiences, values, and understanding of the researchers [41]; these were framed by holistic approaches, systems thinking, and life-cycle thinking as crucial bases for understanding the meaning and application of sustainability pedagogical approaches and competences. Five researchers with varied experience and backgrounds in natural and social sciences and several decades of combined teaching experience in different countries discussed the competences, the pedagogical approaches, and their inter-linkages, which was aimed at providing a generic framework.…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Merrill²,

et al. 2017

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Abstract:Research into and practice of Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) have been increasing during the last two decades. These have focused on providing sustainability education to future generations of professionals. In this context, there has been considerable progress in the incorporation of SD in universities' curricula. Most of these efforts have focussed on the design and delivery of sustainability-oriented competences. Some peer-reviewed articles have proposed different pedagogical approaches to better deliver SD in these courses; however, there has been limited research on the connection between how courses are delivered (pedagogical approaches) and how they may affect sustainability competences. This paper analyses competences and pedagogical approaches, using hermeneutics to connect these in a framework based on twelve competences and twelve pedagogical approaches found in the literature. The framework connects the course aims to delivery in HESD by highlighting the connections between pedagogical approaches and competences in a matrix structure. The framework is aimed at helping educators in creating and updating their courses to provide a more complete, holistic, and systemic sustainability education to future leaders, decision makers, educators, and change agents. To better develop mind-sets and actions of future generations, we must provide students with a complete set of sustainability competences.

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Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Merrill²,

et al. 2017

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“…Other important caveats included threats to reliability and validity [68]. In this paper, reliability was mainly affected by observer error and bias, since hermeneutics is based on the interpretation, standpoints, experiences, and the understanding of the researcher [69]. In this case, these were framed by the author's holistic, systems-thinking, and long-term approaches to sustainability and organisations.…”

Section: Limitations Of the Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Proposing a Definition and a Framework of Organisational Sustainability: A Review of Efforts and a Survey of Approaches to Change

Lozano

2018

Sustainability

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Organisations (civil society, companies, and public-sector organisations (PSOs)) have been instrumental in driving sustainability. In the last five years, there has been an increasing interest in organisational sustainability, where the importance of sustainability's dimensions depends on an organisation's nature and purpose. A large body of literature on organisational sustainability has focused on companies, followed by education institutions, in particular higher education. Limited, yet increasing, attention has been directed to PSOs and other civil society organisations. Although there have been some attempts to define a sustainable organisation, there is still a need to define and establish the principles of how organisations can address and contribute to sustainability. The sustainability efforts in the different types of organisations were reviewed and then analysed in this paper by using hermeneutics. This was complemented with a survey on sustainability changes. The survey was sent to a database of 1574 contacts from different organisations. In addition, 106 anonymous links were sent out. From the total list of emails, 118 full responses were obtained, with 39 from civil society (37 from higher education and 2 NGOs), 66 corporations, and 13 PSOs. This research distils the key system elements of the efforts in each of the organisations in order to synthesise and propose a definition and a conceptual framework of organisational sustainability. These can help organisations understand where their efforts are and how they could better embed sustainability into their systems, thus contributing to the well-being of societies and the environment for this generation and future ones.

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“…his own time'. 11 Hegel's paradoxical announcement that we are at once incapable of transcending our own time and able to apprehend the whole of history's Truth is exemplary here. While we may seek to occupy an Archimedean point that would allow us to step outside our present in order to know it, our commitment to the progress of knowledge is a reminder that our truths are never absolute; they are products of time which will invariably be superseded.…”

Section: An Untimely Loss Of Tempermentioning

confidence: 94%