Embedding Sustainability in Learning and Teaching: Lessons Learned and Moving Forward--Approaches in STEM Higher Education Programmes

Autor/inn/en	Gamage, Kelum A. A.; Ekanayake, Sakunthala Yatigammana; Dehideniya, Shyama C. P.
Titel	Embedding Sustainability in Learning and Teaching: Lessons Learned and Moving Forward--Approaches in STEM Higher Education Programmes
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 12 (2022), Artikel 225 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gamage, Kelum A. A.)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	STEM Education; Higher Education; Sustainable Development; College Faculty; Teaching Methods; Sustainability; Teacher Attitudes; Developing Nations; Foreign Countries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? STEM; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Fakultät; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Nachhaltigkeit; Lehrerverhalten; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Ausland
Abstract	Embedding sustainability into pedagogical approaches is a key priority in higher education. Equipping students with knowledge, understanding, and skills, and developing the next generation of innovators and leaders, can potentially provide the change needed and create a real impact in the journey to a sustainable future. Advancement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM), and corresponding industries can be seen as vital for the success of meeting a majority of the sustainable development goals, and hence the approaches taken to embed sustainability in learning and teaching in STEM higher education programmes can be considered significant in many ways. This paper is based on published literature over the last two decades and a semi-structured interview with 12 university academics from a developing country. Hence, the paper reviews approaches taken to embed sustainability in learning, teaching and assessments in STEM programmes. It also aims to investigate the actions taken by universities to integrate sustainability in STEM education and the remedies taken to minimise the impact of the pandemic on the effectiveness of the learning pedagogies used to integrate sustainability concepts. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01