International Academic Partnership "Teaching and Learning Sustainability": Implementing Higher Education for Sustainable Development at the Universidad Técnica del Norte (Ecuador)
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Knowledge Collaboration & Learning for Sustainable Innovation: ERSCP-EMSU Conference. ed. / J. Quist; A. Tukker; J. Woudstra; R. Wever; F. Boons; N. Beute. Delft: Technische Universiteit Delft, 2010.
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T1 - International Academic Partnership "Teaching and Learning Sustainability"
T2 - 14th European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ERSCP) Conference and the 6th Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities (EMSU) Conference - 2010
AU - Barth, Matthias
AU - Rieckmann, Marco
AU - Aguirre, Patricia
N1 - Conference code: 14
PY - 2010/10
Y1 - 2010/10
N2 - It can be considered a duty of all educational institutions to deal intensively with matters of sustainable development: from preschool to higher education. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) aims at developing key competencies that enable individuals to contribute to sustainable development (e.g. Barth, 2007; de Haan, 2008; Hopkins and McKeown, 2002). Universities play an important role as promoters of sustainable development. Embedding sustainable development in their curriculum poses a new challenge to the academic system.The Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany, has already a long experience in implementing Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD); it considers itself as a “Sustainable University” (cf. Adomßent et al., 2007). In 2009, the Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication of the Leuphana University and the Universidad Técnica del Norte (UTN), Ecuador, built up the partnership “Teaching and Learning Sustainability” which is financed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The objectives of this North-South cooperation are especially the implementation of HESD at the UTN and the transfer of knowledge between both universities. Key elements of the cooperation are a one-year teacher training about HESD which has been implemented conjointly at the UTN as well as student and teacher exchange. The paper will address the North-South partnership “Teaching and Learning Sustainability” and in particular the implementation of the teacher training as well as results of a qualitative analysis of the effects of this training programme. Furthermore, the process of mutual learning between faculty and students from the North and the South will be discussed.
AB - It can be considered a duty of all educational institutions to deal intensively with matters of sustainable development: from preschool to higher education. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) aims at developing key competencies that enable individuals to contribute to sustainable development (e.g. Barth, 2007; de Haan, 2008; Hopkins and McKeown, 2002). Universities play an important role as promoters of sustainable development. Embedding sustainable development in their curriculum poses a new challenge to the academic system.The Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany, has already a long experience in implementing Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD); it considers itself as a “Sustainable University” (cf. Adomßent et al., 2007). In 2009, the Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication of the Leuphana University and the Universidad Técnica del Norte (UTN), Ecuador, built up the partnership “Teaching and Learning Sustainability” which is financed by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The objectives of this North-South cooperation are especially the implementation of HESD at the UTN and the transfer of knowledge between both universities. Key elements of the cooperation are a one-year teacher training about HESD which has been implemented conjointly at the UTN as well as student and teacher exchange. The paper will address the North-South partnership “Teaching and Learning Sustainability” and in particular the implementation of the teacher training as well as results of a qualitative analysis of the effects of this training programme. Furthermore, the process of mutual learning between faculty and students from the North and the South will be discussed.
KW - Sustainability education
KW - Lehrendenfortbildung
KW - Hochschulbildung für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
SN - 978-90-5155-065-8
BT - Knowledge Collaboration & Learning for Sustainable Innovation
A2 - Quist, J.
A2 - Tukker, A.
A2 - Woudstra, J.
A2 - Wever, R.
A2 - Boons, F.
A2 - Beute, N.
PB - Technische Universiteit Delft
CY - Delft
Y2 - 25 October 2010 through 29 October 2010
ER -