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Zinkunegi-Goitia, Olatz; Rekalde-Rodríguez, Itziar – Education Sciences, 2022
The Council of the European Union recalls that higher education plays a fundamental role in shaping the future of Europe. Therefore, curricula are required to take into account the competences demanded by the job market so that future workers can effectively undertake their professional activities and form part of an active, responsible,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Sustainability, Employment Qualifications
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Beagon, Una; Kövesi, Klara; Tabas, Brad; Nørgaard, Bente; Lehtinen, Riitta; Bowe, Brian; Gillet, Christiane; Spliid, Claus Monrad – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2023
Despite the emerging discussions about the growing role of engineers in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is a lack of agreement on which competences should be prioritised to prepare engineering students to resolve future sustainability challenges. This study examined and compared the views of key stakeholders of…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Barriers, Sustainable Development, Objectives
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Rioux, Liliane; Pasquier, Daniel – Environmental Education Research, 2013
In a previous study, we investigated the impact of an awareness-raising campaign on the behaviour of secondary school children in the Centre Region of France, regarding the recycling of used batteries. But, was it a question of pro-environmental behaviour or simply an environmental action? To answer this question, a three-year longitudinal study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Longitudinal Studies, Child Behavior, Environmental Education
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Rioux, Liliane – Environmental Education Research, 2011
This research is based on Kollmuss and Agyeman's mode, and aims to determine if the prerequisites for pro-environmental behaviour, such as the collection of used batteries at school, are ethical, cognitive and environmental. A questionnaire/opinionnaire was given to 102, 14-17-year-olds to gather data on: (1) their current recycling habits, (2)…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Ethics, Environmental Education, Questionnaires
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Johnston, Ronald – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2011
In the United Kingdom (UK) and Europe, the need for education for sustainable development and global citizenship has recently been emphasised. This emphasis has arguably found its major home in the social studies in higher education. Concurrently, there has been a decline in interest in "the sciences" as evidenced by a reduction in the…
Descriptors: Science Education, Sustainable Development, Citizenship, Scientific Literacy
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Simonneaux, Laurence; Simonneaux, Jean – Cultural Studies of Science Education, 2009
In this article, we study third-year university students' reasoning about three controversial socio-scientific issues from the viewpoint of education for sustainable development: local issues (the reintroduction of bears in the Pyrenees in France, wolves in the Mercantour) and a global one (global warming). We used the theoretical frameworks of…
Descriptors: Local Issues, Foreign Countries, Climate, Sustainable Development