The EDINSOST Project: Implementing the Sustainable …
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3. Diagnose the conditions of the sustainability training needs of the teaching staff,
develop and test training proposals; and
4. Diagnose the conditions of sustainability learning for university students,
develop and test training proposals.
The project involves a total of 15 degrees in the fields of education, business administration and engineering in 9 universities in Spain (UAM, UCA, UCJC, UCO, UdG,
UIC, UPC, US and USAL), and 52 researchers between the research team and the
work team. The 9 universities work together with the CRUE’s Sustainability in the
curriculum working group. This group assumes sustainability as a “concept that
includes the pursuit of environmental quality, social justice and a fair and viable
economy in the long run” (CRUE 2012).
The research methodology of the EDINSOST project is the interpretive approach, including quantitative and qualitative techniques that cover the three
dimensions of SD: the social dimension of SD (education degrees), the environmental
dimension (engineering degrees) and the economic dimension (business administration degrees).
On the one hand, three undergraduate degrees related to the three dimensions of
sustainability (environmental, social and economic) are studied.
On the other hand, and taking into account their multiplier and long-term effect,
special emphasis is placed on four undergraduate degrees and one master degree
programme, since their graduates are the future teachers of the new generations of
citizens.
Finally, seven technological degrees and a master degree in Sustainability Science
and Technology will be studied because of their great impact on the challenges of
society in the short-term.
The degrees on which the project will focus are:
– Undergraduate degrees: Pre-school Education, Primary Education, Pedagogy,
Social Education, Environmental Sciences, Business Administration, Mechanical
Engineering, Design Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering,
Chemical Engineering and Architecture.
– Master degree: Science and Sustainability Technology and Environmental Education.
The results of the project will be promoted nationally through the Commission
of the CRUE on Sustainability, and internationally through its plan of dissemination and transferability. An observatory on ESD and European Networks of HE in
Sustainability will be created for this purpose (Sánchez et al. 2017).
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3. Diagnose the conditions of the sustainability training needs of the teaching staff,
develop and test training proposals; and
4. Diagnose the conditions of sustainability learning for university students,
develop and test training proposals.
The project involves a total of 15 degrees in the fields of education, business administration and engineering in 9 universities in Spain (UAM, UCA, UCJC, UCO, UdG,
UIC, UPC, US and USAL), and 52 researchers between the research team and the
work team. The 9 universities work together with the CRUE’s Sustainability in the
curriculum working group. This group assumes sustainability as a “concept that
includes the pursuit of environmental quality, social justice and a fair and viable
economy in the long run” (CRUE 2012).
The research methodology of the EDINSOST project is the interpretive approach, including quantitative and qualitative techniques that cover the three
dimensions of SD: the social dimension of SD (education degrees), the environmental
dimension (engineering degrees) and the economic dimension (business administration degrees).
On the one hand, three undergraduate degrees related to the three dimensions of
sustainability (environmental, social and economic) are studied.
On the other hand, and taking into account their multiplier and long-term effect,
special emphasis is placed on four undergraduate degrees and one master degree
programme, since their graduates are the future teachers of the new generations of
citizens.
Finally, seven technological degrees and a master degree in Sustainability Science
and Technology will be studied because of their great impact on the challenges of
society in the short-term.
The degrees on which the project will focus are:
– Undergraduate degrees: Pre-school Education, Primary Education, Pedagogy,
Social Education, Environmental Sciences, Business Administration, Mechanical
Engineering, Design Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering,
Chemical Engineering and Architecture.
– Master degree: Science and Sustainability Technology and Environmental Education.
The results of the project will be promoted nationally through the Commission
of the CRUE on Sustainability, and internationally through its plan of dissemination and transferability. An observatory on ESD and European Networks of HE in
Sustainability will be created for this purpose (Sánchez et al. 2017).