The role of sustainability in media and communication studies’ curricula throughout Europe

Daú

et al. 2022

IJSHE

Purpose Many studies have developed the corporate sustainability topic. The United Nations has implemented the 2030 Agenda and has brought “quality education” and “industry, innovation, and infrastructure” as two of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The educational processes in higher education can be focused on adding brand value and social value, and they can be promoting the social inclusion. In this sense, the purpose of this study is to answer some questions related to the corporate sustainability practices under the 2030 Agenda lenses in the Latin American higher educational scenario. After the literature review analysis, a conceptual framework was developed. Design/methodology/approach This exploratory research study proposes an educational conceptual framework, improving the corporate sustainability under the 2030 Agenda lenses. A literature review was developed, involving the seven variables: “Latin America,” “higher education,” corporate social responsibility,” “personal social responsibility,” “corporate sustainability,” “governance” and “sustainability.” A matrix was developed with 25 variable combinations, connecting the seven variables. Three questions have been proposed and answered: “How much research has been developed in the Latin American higher education?” “How can the corporate social sustainability be applied in higher education?” and “Which perspectives can be considered?” Findings The results of the literature review are presented through the number of papers found with the analysis of the year of publication and the conceptual background. A total of 524 papers were found. Of these studies, 49 addressed the Latin American panorama, 33 had a general approach and 16 promoted interactions between Latin American and European countries, as well as between regions and continents. Six topics emerged from the literature analysis: digital inclusion, internationalization, innovation, research, servitization and social inclusion. These topics are connected in the “discussion” section, and the educational conceptual framework shows the corporative perspectives on sustainability in higher education. Originality/value This research study presents “A conceptual framework for the corporate sustainability higher education in Latin America” and it brings some discussion topics: digital inclusion, internationalization, innovation, research, servitization and social inclusion. These topics were identified through the literature analysis, and they were applied in the conceptual framework to improve the quality of education. The implications of this study are connected with the conceptual framework to promote the discussion topics. The implications involved the public and private governance spheres, third sector, as well as the professors, students and other stakeholders of higher educational institutions. These implications can represent an agent of positive change in the Latin American scenario.

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A conceptual framework for the corporate sustainability higher education in Latin America

Daú

et al. 2022

IJSHE

Türkiye İletişim Araştırmaları Dergisi

“…Çünkü Luhmann'ın (1989' den akt. Karmasin & Voci, 2021) ifade ettiği gibi, "balıklar ölebilir veya göllerde ve nehirlerde yüzen insanlar hastalıklara neden olabilir, ortalama sıcaklıklar yükselebilir veya düşebilir, ancak bu bildirilmediği sürece toplum üzerinde hiçbir etkisi yoktur". Bu nedenle Karmasin ve Voci'nin (2021, s. 44) de belirttiği gibi çoğu insanın sürdürülebilirlik konuları hakkındaki bilgisi, kitle iletişim araçları aracılığıyla iletilen bilgilere dayanmaktadır.…”

Section: Sonuç Ve Tartışmaunclassified

Sürdürülebilirlikte Eğitimin Rolü: Türkiye’deki Halkla İlişkiler Lisans Programları Üzerine Bir Araştırma

ŞARDAGI

2022

Sürdürülebilirlik hem uygulama hem de akademik alanda önemli kavramlardan bir haline gelmiştir. Bu nedenle bu uygulamaları gerçekleştirecek bilgi ve beceriye sahip nitelikli elemana ihtiyaç bulunmaktadır. Halkla ilişkiler ve iletişim alanı, sürdürülebilirliğin yayılmasında önemli görevler üstlenen alanlar arasında yer almaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye' deki halkla ilişkiler eğitimi veren lisans programlarında sürdürülebilirlik olgusunun genel yapısını ortaya çıkarmaktır. Bu amaçla, Türkiye' de halkla ilişkiler eğitimi veren 70 üniversitenin müfredatı incelenmiştir. Çalışmada betimleyici araştırma tasarımı yöntemi kullanılmıştır. İncelenen üniversitelerin eğitim içerikleri, içerik analizi yöntemi ile belirlenen başlıklar altında değerlendirilmiştir. Elde edilen sonuçlara göre, Türkiye' deki halkla ilişkiler programlarının sadece 12 tanesinin ders müfredatlarında sürdürülebilirlik odaklı derslerin var olduğu belirlenmiştir. Bu programlardan 1 tanesi devlet üniversitesinde, 11 adedi ise vakıf üniversitesinde bulunmaktadır. 12 programda da sürdürülebilirliğe yönelik dersler 2. ve 4. sınıfta seçmeli ders olarak sunulmaktadır.

“…In addition, Weiss and Barth (2019), opined that curriculum is mostly perceived as an educational project that is developed in a specific historical, social and political context and has the ability to form identities in the "knowledge," "action" and "self" area. Nevertheless, Karmasin and Voci (2021) argued that ICT does not only play a central role in the transfer of knowledge and information or creating awareness on sustainability by placing it on the political and public agenda, rather it initiates a social change process towards a sustainable society and lifestyle, as ICT and behavior are interrelated, and behavior cannot change without proper communication. They further stated that sustainability ICT, therefore, faces the challenge of improving its information and knowledge sharing process, as well as linking the idea of sustainability to different educational levels.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Principals’ Integration of ICT in Curriculum Implementation for Sustainable Development

Okafor¹

2023

IJMRA

The integration of ICT in secondary school curriculum has been widely advocated as much needed in the 21st century skills to improve the standard of education. However, this can be promoted through acquiring ICT skills in several ways such as software development, programming, networking, web design, cloud computing, Augmented Virtual Reality (AVR), Internet-of- Things (IoT), and artificial intelligence (AI) are effectively leading tools and ICT environments to help worldwide leadership, facilitators, and learners with quick, effective, and healthy interaction towards a sustainable development. This study investigated the principals’ integration of ICT in curriculum implementation for sustainable development. The respondents of the study consisted of 263 principals in public secondary schools in Anambra State. The study used descriptive survey design. The findings of the study revealed among others that lack of modern ICT facilities, poor internet network, poor maintenance culture, budgetary constrain of ICT personnel are the challenges. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that Government should equip schools with ICT facilities, provides fund for training of ICT personnel for sustainable development.