Geoethics: Results of an Intervention Programme in Higher Education

Cardoso, Alexandra; Ribeiro, Tiago; Vasconcelos, Clara

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“…However, geoethics is not integrated into higher education curricula. Additionally, some assume that p-ISSN: 2184-044X e-ISSN: 2184-1489 ISBN: 978-989-53614-3-4 © 2022 https://doi.org/10.36315/2022v1end109 geoethics should even be taught at young ages (Cardoso, Ribeiro & Vasconcelos, 2021). Thanks to the international Erasmus+ project Geoethics Outcomes and Awareness Learning (GOALref. 2017-1-PTO1-KA203-035790) there is now a syllabus for teaching geoethics in higher education "Teaching Geoethics Resources for Higher Education" (Vasconcelos, Schneider-Voβ, Peppoloni, 2020).…”

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Higher Education Students’ Knowledge and Opinion About Geoethics and Sustainable Development

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"Geoethics is a scientific area that has as its main concern the investigation of ethical conduct of humans with the Earth. Given that, geoethics has the potential to contribute to the achievement of the sustainable development. Geoscientists are professionals that investigate the Earth and have various professional responsibilities when performing their work. As such, geoethics started its emergency in the last decade and initially was focused on the geoscientists’ conduct. Afterwards, geoethics evolved to be concerned about every interaction of mankind with the Earth system, like mining, geoheritage conservation, and climate change. The present study aimed to understand students’ perceptions concerning geoethics and its relationship with Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda of United Nations. The present study was developed under the scope of a Ph.D. thesis project with the aim to investigate and implement an innovative syllabus for teaching geoethics in higher education. Before the implementation of classes aligned with the mentioned syllabus, we conducted a survey that gathered data from 90 students studying geosciences higher education courses. Ages ranged between 18 and 58 years (mean=22.7) including 48 females and 42 males. The survey questionnaire comprised of 11 closed questions related to the importance of learning geoethics in higher education. The analysis of the closed questions’ answers allowed us to understand that students consider important to have and follow an ethical conduct (n=87, 96.7%) and think that geoscientists have responsibilities towards the planet (n=83, 92.2%). The majority of the participants assumed to have already heard the term geoethics (n=53, 58.9%). When confronted with the meaning of geoethics most of the respondents stated that its knowledge is essential to the future professional work (n=87, 96.7%), and gave importance to the teaching of geoethics in higher education (n=82, 91.1%). Concerning the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the majority of the students showed having some knowledge about the goals and considered them relevant due to the current state of the world and the need for citizen intervention on society (n=83, 92.2%; n=68, 75.6%; n=77, 85.5%). Most of the participants assumed that geoethics can contribute to sustainable development (n=89, 98.9%) and were able to point out three Sustainable Development Goals that they considered as related with geoethics. As our main conclusion, we can say that the participants of the study appraised geoethics as a relevant matter to be learned in higher education and grant it as a path for planetary sustainable development."

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Higher Education Students’ Knowledge and Opinion About Geoethics and Sustainable Development

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“…However, geoethics is not integrated into higher education curricula. Additionally, some assume that p-ISSN: 2184-044X e-ISSN: 2184-1489 ISBN: 978-989-53614-3-4 © 2022 geoethics should even be taught at young ages (Cardoso, Ribeiro & Vasconcelos, 2021). Thanks to the international Erasmus+ project Geoethics Outcomes and Awareness Learning (GOAL -ref.…”

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This book contains the full text of papers and posters presented at the International Conference on Education and New Developments (END 2022), organized by the World Institute for Advanced Research and Science (WIARS).Education, in our contemporary world, is a right since we are born. Every experience has a formative effect on the constitution of the human being, in the way one thinks, feels and acts. One of the most important contributions resides in what and how we learn through the improvement of educational processes, both in formal and informal settings. The International Conference seeks to provide some answers and explore the processes, actions, challenges and outcomes of learning, teaching and human development. The goal is to offer a worldwide connection between teachers, students, researchers and lecturers, from a wide range of academic fields, interested in exploring and giving their contribution in educational issues. We take pride in having been able to connect and bring together academics, scholars, practitioners and others interested in a field that is fertile in new perspectives, ideas and knowledge.We counted on an extensive variety of contributors and presenters, which can supplement our view of the human essence and behavior, showing the impact of their different personal, academic and cultural experiences. This is, certainly, one of the reasons we have many nationalities and cultures represented, inspiring multi-disciplinary collaborative links, fomenting intellectual encounter and development.END 2022 received 790 submissions, from more than 45 different countries, reviewed by a double-blind process. Submissions were prepared to take form of Oral Presentations, Posters, Virtual Presentations and Workshops. The conference accepted for presentation 263 submissions (33% acceptance rate), from which, 233 submissions are published in full text in these volumes.

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