Recommendations to align higher education teaching with the UN sustainability goals – A scoping survey

Buerkle, Achim; O'Dell, Amy; Matharu, Harveen; Buerkle, Linda; Ferreira, Pedro

doi:10.1016/j.ijedro.2023.100280

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“…Therefore, SDG 8 emphasizes fair employment and a productive work environment, which ultimately leads to the attainment of SDG 4 (UN SDG 4, n.d.) and SDG 8 ( UN SDG 8,n.d.). This link between education and economic sustainability has been acknowledged in the scientific literature (Buerkle et al, 2023;Jekabsone & Gudele, 2023). Therefore, managers of HEIs should set the quality of education as their priority to promote SDG 4 and SDG 8.…”

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confidence: 87%

“…To sustain high productivity, a teacher needs a proper work context and internal drivers. One driver of the teaching quality is professional enthusiasm (Falcon et al, 2023), which depends on the satisfaction of various criteria, such as professional goals, internal perceptions, attitudes, values, evaluation of the profession, job security, remuneration policies, work environment (Lucksnat et al, 2022) and well-being (Buerkle et al, 2023). To sustain professional enthusiasm, academic staff should be satisfied with the above-mentioned criteria.…”

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Sustainable Higher Education Management: Career Drivers of Academic Staff

Dehtjare,

Uzule

2023

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

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The quality of higher education (HE) is dependent on many factors, including the quality of teaching. As any profession, teaching is based on internal values and motives of individuals. The goal of the research is to identify the most dominant career drivers of academic staff based on their career motives and values in order to provide HE managers with information relevant to academic staff engagement policies to enable shaping of sustainable education policies at higher education institutions (HEIs). The research goal is grounded in the purpose of human resource management that is designed to stimulate certain employee behavior so that employee actions and intentions could be aligned with corporate strategic goals. If there is a wide gap between the needs and interests of employees and their employer, employee productivity gradually declines, thus decreasing the competitiveness of an organization. The following research question has been formulated: Is there a discrepancy in values between academic staff and managers of HE, who create the work environment for the academic staff? To attain the goal of the research, university lecturers from Ukraine completed Schein’s questionnaire online in 2021, while in 2023 middle- and senior managers of universities from Ukraine, Latvia, and Lithuania were asked to prioritize career drivers for academic staff. Both groups ranked technical / professional competence and service / dedication to a cause as primary priorities. However, the value of security / stability was prioritized only by academic staff, while autonomy / independence and entrepreneurial creativity were selected by HE managers. The research outcomes indicate converging and diverging points in opinions on the career drivers of academic staff. Having this knowledge, HE managers are in a better position to modify the academic workplace to stimulate academic productivity, and enhance business models and quality assurance policies at their institutions on the path towards Sustainable Development Goal 4 “Quality Education”. The diversity of opinions both within and between the groups of academic staff and HE managers supports the need to design human resource management policies consistent with the theory of personalized human resource management for higher productivity. The findings of the study contribute to the global discussion of career drivers of teachers by providing evidence in support of the increasing importance of professional (technical) competences and creative abilities for quality education.

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Sustainable Higher Education Management: Career Drivers of Academic Staff

Dehtjare,

Uzule

2023

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

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“…Olha Haliuka Marta Prots account modern processes), self-organization and responsibility for the results of one's activities and for the quality of education in general (Buerkle et al, 2023). The interdependence between respondents' self-efficacy and the formed personal qualities and traits of the mentor was empirically investigated and substantiated (Halian et al, 2023a;2023b).…”

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“…These skills help the teacher to effectively implement innovations, create a favorable learning environment and prepare students for the challenges of the modern world. After all, learning based on the principle of "knowing everything" is changing to the principle of "knowing how to learn throughout life and become self-realized and competitive", and working свобода, відкритість і партнерство, демократичність, екологічна грамотність (на вимогу освіти для сталого розвитку), глобалізм та прихильність до національно-культурної ідентичності (з урахуванням сучасних процесів), самоорганізованість і відповідальність за результати своєї діяльності та за якість освіти загалом (Buerkle et al, 2023). Емпірично досліджено й обґрунтовано взаємозалежність самоефективності респондентів від сформованих особистісних якостей і від рис наставника (Halian et al, 2023a;2023b).…”

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Інноватика В Професійному Становленні Та Розвитку Майбутніх Вчителів

Цюняк,

Яремчук,

Галюка

et al. 2024

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Метою емпіричного дослідження є з’ясування та обґрунтування психологічних змістових параметрів інноватики у професійному становленні та розвитку майбутніх учителів. Завданнями є: визначення кореляційних зв’язків параметрів професійної готовності здобувачів до інноваційної діяльності з незалежними змінними; з’ясування статистично достовірних відмінностей між досліджуваними у вибірках бакалаврів (група І) і магістрантів (група ІІ); порівняння досліджуваних груп з високим і низьким рівнями сформованості коефіцієнтів інноватики. Методи: ретроспективне аналізування, узагальнення, систематизація і порівняння; авторська анкета “Професійна готовність здобувачів до інноваційної діяльності” (ГІД) (Цюняк, 2021); методика “Діагностика мотиваційної структури особистості” (ДМСО) (Мільман, 1990); методика “Здібності педагога до творчого саморозвитку” (ЗПТС) (Нікішина, 2009). Результати. З’ясовано, що між вибірками бакалаврів (група I) і магістрантів (група ІІ) немає статистично достовірних відмінностей у запропонованих параметрах. Позитивну тенденцію зафіксовано у групі I в кількісному коефіцієнті інноватики KKI (М=.68; SD=.22; Me=.68) і в групі ІІ – якісному коефіцієнті інноватики ЯKI (М=.62; SD=.23; Me=.61). Встановлено, що коефіцієнти інноватики мають по чотири статистично достовірні кореляційні зв’язки з незалежними змінними: творча активність, соціальна корисність, активний саморозвиток, зупинений саморозвиток (р<.050; р<.010). Констатовано достовірні відмінності в досліджуваних групах із високим і низьким рівнями сформованості кількісного коефіцієнта інноватики (ККІ) і якісного коефіцієнта інноватики (ЯКІ). Дискусія і висновки. Пояснено, що наявність статистично достовірного зв’язку ЯКІ з параметром “соціальна корисність” є свідченням того, що досліджувані готові нести соціальну відповідальність за нововведення, займати зрілу соціальну позицію і працювати на довготривалу перспективу. Рекомендовано отримані емпіричні результати взяти до уваги організаторам освітнього процесу і гарантам профільних освітньо-наукових програм, які відповідають за навчально-професійну підготовку майбутніх вчителів.

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“…The current concern on sustainability allows for governments to take actions in order to mitigate the effects of different impacts, including greenhouse gas emissions, soil contamination, air and water pollution, depletion of natural resources, etc., on the environment and human health [1,2]. In this sense, sustainability is being progressively included in the policy priorities of many countries through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda adopted by all United Nations Member States [3].…”

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Assessing Environmental Sustainability of Phytoremediation to Remove Copper from Contaminated Soils

Espada,

Rodríguez,

Delgado

et al. 2024

Sustainability

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Phytoremediation stands out as a promising technology for removing heavy metals from contaminated soils. This work focuses on studying the environmental performance of phytoremediation in removing copper from contaminated soil located in an old Spanish mine using the life cycle assessment (LCA) method. For this purpose, Brassica juncea (brown mustard), Medicago sativa (alfalfa) and their rotary cultivation were assessed along with different options for managing biomass (landfill disposal and biomass cogeneration). In addition, soil excavation and soil washing treatments were also compared to phytoremediation. M. sativa proved superior to B. juncea and their rotary cultivation, regardless of the biomass disposal option, achieving impact reductions of 30–100%. This is due to the ability of M. sativa to fix nitrogen, which reduces fertiliser requirements. Among the biomass management alternatives, cogeneration was superior to landfill disposal in all cases by allowing for energy recovery, thereby reducing environmental impacts by 60–100%. M. sativa + cogeneration is the option that presents the best environmental performance of all the studied treatments, achieving reductions up to negligible values in four of eight impact categories due to the impacts avoided by energy production. On the contrary, soil excavation is the less desirable option, followed by soil washing treatment.

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Recommendations to align higher education teaching with the UN sustainability goals – A scoping survey

Cited by 17 publications

References 121 publications

Sustainable Higher Education Management: Career Drivers of Academic Staff

Sustainable Higher Education Management: Career Drivers of Academic Staff

Інноватика В Професійному Становленні Та Розвитку Майбутніх Вчителів

Assessing Environmental Sustainability of Phytoremediation to Remove Copper from Contaminated Soils

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