Higher Education for Sustainability in Portugal: A Glimpse About What Has Been Studied and Published

Machado, Carolina Feliciana; Davim, J. Paulo

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“…Looking at the specific case of Portugal, these same authors [118,119], gathering the contributions given by different Portuguese researchers, portray the investigations and experiences that, in terms of higher education sustainability, have been developed in this country. Specifically, among others, issues related to the Portuguese sustainable campus network, global academic rankings as a challenge or a chance for Portuguese HEIs, guiding principles for sustainability strategies, sustainability as a cultural transformation and a student motivation and well-being, SDGs in higher education, as well as a glimpse of what has been studied and published in the field of higher education for sustainability in Portugal, are highlighted here.…”

Section: Some Sustainability Studies In Several Universitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainability in the Modernization of Higher Education: Curricular Transformation and Sustainable Campus—A Literature Review

Machado

Davim

2023

Sustainability

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Supported by a literature review, the present article looks to address the issue of sustainability in the modernization of higher education. Education for sustainability and the encouragement of a sustainable lifestyle are increasingly present in the academic and professional training of individuals. Progressively more responsible for the environment in which they operate, individuals, in order to preserve their quality of life and, above all, ensure quality of life for future generations, begin to assume new behaviors, such as the rationalization of energy and water consumption, reducing the use of paper, recycling products, and eliminating the use of plastics, among other behavioral changes. In this context, considering higher education institutions as a vital source for the development of sustainability and, consequently, a key lever in the definition and implementation of strategies conducive to sustainable development, it is through the teaching, training, research, and development carried out by them that these behavioral changes occur. Aware of this issue’s relevance, the present article, consisting of a critical review of the literature, seeks to answer a set of questions, such as “What role do academic managers, teachers and students assume in the search for sustainability?”; “What measures/actions have been developed by the HEIs in terms of curricula reform and the promotion of a sustainable campus?”; “What sustainability metrics are used in higher education?”. Giving particular emphasis to some studies about sustainability in different HEIs, the results of the research allow us to conclude that education for sustainability is seen as a tool of crucial importance in the current decade of the 21st century.

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Section: Some Sustainability Studies In Several Universitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%