Undervisning för hållbar utveckling: att stödja högskolelärares arbete med Agenda 2030

Abstract

Enligt Högskolelagen skall högskolorna i sin verksamhet främja en hållbar utveckling. FNs Agenda 2030 och dess 17 globala hållbarhetsmål belyser ytterligare högskolornas roll att utveckla och sprida kunskap om hållbar utveckling. Det ställs dock krav på högskolelärares insikter kring hållbarhetsbegreppet och iscensättandet av dess flervetenskaplighet i undervisningssituationen. Den här artikeln beskriver en fakultetsövergripande högskolepedagogisk kurs, Undervisning för hållbar utveckling, med dessa krav som utgångspunkt. Kursens genomförande och design presenteras, liksom syfte och lärdomar.

Educating the educators to be a driving force in higher education towards sustainable development

“…With the aim of improving the pedagogical course, a case study approach (Merriam, 1988) was used to understand how the educators made use of the course in their teaching practice. The data collection contains three steps (Figure 3) where 15 educators contributed with their written reflection in a course assignment (Step 1) and written feedback in a course evaluation (Step 2).…”

“…In recent years there has been a shift from teacher-centred approaches towards more student-centered teaching approaches. These barriers can and should be addressed in courses for educators (Persson et al , 2020). Although an increased acceptance for and implementation of SD associated education, recent studies (Caniglia et al , 2020; Freeth and Caniglia, 2020) suggest a more action-oriented approach within the science and education of SD to support teaching and learning interventions that create transformative change.…”

“…There exist examples of ways to approach this by inviting guest lecturers from a variety of disciplines to give perspectives on how to address SD in teaching practice. This way system thinking is promoted in that educators get inspiration to see and address SD in relation to other SD aspects, disciplines and teaching methods (Lozano et al , 2015; Persson et al , 2020). These kind of meetings across disciplines can also encourage educators to create transdisciplinary settings where they enrich the learning environment with experts from the outside community (Caniglia et al , 2018).…”

“…The course has been offered and given voluntarily for the university educators for their competence improvement regarding SD. Its structure and content are reported in several publications (Persson et al , 2020; Melén et al , 2020). The purpose of this paper is to further shed light on the results of the course, by further emphasizing the educators’ efforts.…”

“…The HE Pedagogical Course, covered in this contribution, where structure and content have been published [Artifact B. (Persson et al , 2020; Melén et al , 2020)].…”