The EDINSOST Project: Implementing the Sustainable …
199
Fig. 1 Miller’s Pyramid
(1990) Source Author’s
adaptation of various
versions of Miller’s Pyramid
DOES
(Action)
SHOWS HOW
(Performance)
KNOWS HOW
(Competence)
KNOWS (Knowledge)
Drawing up a competency map on sustainability for several education degrees
was an arduous and complex process. Therefore, it was decided to elaborate a work
of simplification focusing on the holistic view of sustainability in the SDGs (UN
2015) and thus concentrating only on the holistic view of every competency. The
work was organised per degree. The degree programmes that were part of the project
were the following: Pre-school Education, Primary Education, Pedagogy and the
master degree in Environmental Education.
This work method per degree programme consisted of three phases and took place
during academic year 2016–2017:
1st phase: Compilation:
In this phase, all the generic competencies were associated with the degree reports
2
of the 8 universities, including the competencies in sustainability of the CRUE
(2012). Those competencies were reviewed for international reports of competencies in sustainability and International Professional Standards for Teachers (AITSL
2016; Sleurs 2008; UNECE 2013; UNECE 2016; UNESCO 2017). Each degree
programme from each university had its own map of competencies based on an analysis of the curriculum included in the official documents of university degrees and
the degree reports elaborated by the CRUE. In almost all competencies, each of the
dimensions of sustainability and their corresponding holistic view was considered.
19 different maps were drawn up in total. This first phase intended to be as exhaustive
as possible without leaving out any cross-cutting core competency for sustainability
or SDGs aspect.
2nd phase: Compilation per university and degree:
Once the 19 competency maps were completed, synthesis and compilation were
performed per degree and postgraduate course, with the aim of obtaining a single
map of competencies for the education degrees. In this phase, five final maps of
2 The degree reports are official documents of University degrees, presented by each University and
approved by the Spanish National Agency for Quality Evaluation and Accreditation (ANECA).
199
Fig. 1 Miller’s Pyramid
(1990) Source Author’s
adaptation of various
versions of Miller’s Pyramid
DOES
(Action)
SHOWS HOW
(Performance)
KNOWS HOW
(Competence)
KNOWS (Knowledge)
Drawing up a competency map on sustainability for several education degrees
was an arduous and complex process. Therefore, it was decided to elaborate a work
of simplification focusing on the holistic view of sustainability in the SDGs (UN
2015) and thus concentrating only on the holistic view of every competency. The
work was organised per degree. The degree programmes that were part of the project
were the following: Pre-school Education, Primary Education, Pedagogy and the
master degree in Environmental Education.
This work method per degree programme consisted of three phases and took place
during academic year 2016–2017:
1st phase: Compilation:
In this phase, all the generic competencies were associated with the degree reports
2
of the 8 universities, including the competencies in sustainability of the CRUE
(2012). Those competencies were reviewed for international reports of competencies in sustainability and International Professional Standards for Teachers (AITSL
2016; Sleurs 2008; UNECE 2013; UNECE 2016; UNESCO 2017). Each degree
programme from each university had its own map of competencies based on an analysis of the curriculum included in the official documents of university degrees and
the degree reports elaborated by the CRUE. In almost all competencies, each of the
dimensions of sustainability and their corresponding holistic view was considered.
19 different maps were drawn up in total. This first phase intended to be as exhaustive
as possible without leaving out any cross-cutting core competency for sustainability
or SDGs aspect.
2nd phase: Compilation per university and degree:
Once the 19 competency maps were completed, synthesis and compilation were
performed per degree and postgraduate course, with the aim of obtaining a single
map of competencies for the education degrees. In this phase, five final maps of
2 The degree reports are official documents of University degrees, presented by each University and
approved by the Spanish National Agency for Quality Evaluation and Accreditation (ANECA).