International Academic Partnership "Teaching and Learning Sustainability": Implementing Higher Education for Sustainable Development at the Universidad Técnica del Norte (Ecuador)

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International Academic Partnership "Teaching and Learning Sustainability": Implementing Higher Education for Sustainable Development at the Universidad Técnica del Norte (Ecuador). / Barth, Matthias; Rieckmann, Marco; Aguirre, Patricia.
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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Barth, M, Rieckmann, M & Aguirre, P 2010, International Academic Partnership "Teaching and Learning Sustainability": Implementing Higher Education for Sustainable Development at the Universidad Técnica del Norte (Ecuador). in J Quist, A Tukker, J Woudstra, R Wever, F Boons & N Beute (eds), Knowledge Collaboration & Learning for Sustainable Innovation: ERSCP-EMSU Conference. Technische Universiteit Delft, Delft, 14th European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (ERSCP) Conference and the 6th Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities (EMSU) Conference - 2010, Delft, Netherlands, 25.10.10.

APA

Barth, M., Rieckmann, M., & Aguirre, P. (2010). International Academic Partnership "Teaching and Learning Sustainability": Implementing Higher Education for Sustainable Development at the Universidad Técnica del Norte (Ecuador). In J. Quist, A. Tukker, J. Woudstra, R. Wever, F. Boons, & N. Beute (Eds.), Knowledge Collaboration & Learning for Sustainable Innovation: ERSCP-EMSU Conference Technische Universiteit Delft.

Vancouver

Barth M, Rieckmann M, Aguirre P. International Academic Partnership "Teaching and Learning Sustainability": Implementing Higher Education for Sustainable Development at the Universidad Técnica del Norte (Ecuador). In Quist J, Tukker A, Woudstra J, Wever R, Boons F, Beute N, editors, Knowledge Collaboration & Learning for Sustainable Innovation: ERSCP-EMSU Conference. Delft: Technische Universiteit Delft. 2010

Bibtex

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abstract = "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 L{\"u}neburg, Germany, has already a long experience in implementing Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD); it considers itself as a “Sustainable University” (cf. Adom{\ss}ent et al., 2007). In 2009, the Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication of the Leuphana University and the Universidad T{\'e}cnica 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.",
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