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HEIs and comparisons between Brazilian and foreign institutions. Specially for evaluation models, it can be observed that it is required more objective frameworks and
performance indicators focused on the insertion of sustainability into courses in HEIs
that may contribute with professors and coordinators in their decision making. For
categories in which a smaller number of articles are observed, the following opportunities can be observed: analysis of students behavior, comparing the behavior
of students from different courses or analyzing causes for their behavior through
statistical techniques; studies regarding public policies developed by the Brazilian
government to improve professionals qualification for sustainable development; and
development of sustainable practices in a transdisciplinary manner in higher education courses. The present research addressed the category regarding “Overview about
sustainability insertion in Brazilian HEIs”, that is one of the least addressed categories. No articles from this category did an analysis similar to the one conducted
in this research, which highlights the contribution of this research to the literature.
In addition to show an overview of studies developed regarding new professionals
training on this conception in Brazil, this literature review presents relevant gaps to
be addressed by future research.
The limitation of this study lies in the number of databases analyzed. However,
the authors of this article used relevant databases that provided interesting articles
about the theme.
Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento
Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) under Grants 307536/2018-1 and 305442/2018-0; This study was
also supported and partially financed by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível
Superior—Brasil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001, grant number 88887.464433/2019-00.
References
Akoojee S, Nkomo M (2011) Widening equity and retaining efficiency: considerations from the
IBSA southern coalface. Int. J. Educ. Dev. 31(2):118–125
Almeida CMVB, Santos APZ, Bonilla SH, Giannetti BF, Huisingh D (2013) The roles, perspectives and limitations of environmental accounting in higher educational institutions: an emergy
synthesis study of the engineering programme at the Paulista University in Brazil. J. Clean. Prod.
52:380–391
de Almeida DM, da Gama Madruga LR, Lopes LFD, Avila LV, Ibdaiwi TKR (2015) Sustainability:
a study of the level of ecological behavior of postgraduate students in Brazil. Environ Qual Manag
25(2):71–89
Ates S (2020) Membership of sustainability index in an emerging market: implications for
sustainability. J Clean Prod 250:119465
Avila LV, da Silveira JST, Neto E da R, Baggio DK (2020) Barriers, potentialities, and actions for
implementation of sustainable energy procedures in Brazilian federal universities. Environ Qual
Manag 129–137
Berchin II, dos Grando V, S, Marcon GA, Corseuil L, Guerra JBSO de A, (2017) Strategies to
promote sustainability in higher education institutions: a case study of a federal institute of
higher education in Brazil. Int J Sustain High Educ 18(7):1018–1038
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HEIs and comparisons between Brazilian and foreign institutions. Specially for evaluation models, it can be observed that it is required more objective frameworks and
performance indicators focused on the insertion of sustainability into courses in HEIs
that may contribute with professors and coordinators in their decision making. For
categories in which a smaller number of articles are observed, the following opportunities can be observed: analysis of students behavior, comparing the behavior
of students from different courses or analyzing causes for their behavior through
statistical techniques; studies regarding public policies developed by the Brazilian
government to improve professionals qualification for sustainable development; and
development of sustainable practices in a transdisciplinary manner in higher education courses. The present research addressed the category regarding “Overview about
sustainability insertion in Brazilian HEIs”, that is one of the least addressed categories. No articles from this category did an analysis similar to the one conducted
in this research, which highlights the contribution of this research to the literature.
In addition to show an overview of studies developed regarding new professionals
training on this conception in Brazil, this literature review presents relevant gaps to
be addressed by future research.
The limitation of this study lies in the number of databases analyzed. However,
the authors of this article used relevant databases that provided interesting articles
about the theme.
Acknowledgements This work was supported by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento
Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) under Grants 307536/2018-1 and 305442/2018-0; This study was
also supported and partially financed by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível
Superior—Brasil (CAPES)—Finance Code 001, grant number 88887.464433/2019-00.
References
Akoojee S, Nkomo M (2011) Widening equity and retaining efficiency: considerations from the
IBSA southern coalface. Int. J. Educ. Dev. 31(2):118–125
Almeida CMVB, Santos APZ, Bonilla SH, Giannetti BF, Huisingh D (2013) The roles, perspectives and limitations of environmental accounting in higher educational institutions: an emergy
synthesis study of the engineering programme at the Paulista University in Brazil. J. Clean. Prod.
52:380–391
de Almeida DM, da Gama Madruga LR, Lopes LFD, Avila LV, Ibdaiwi TKR (2015) Sustainability:
a study of the level of ecological behavior of postgraduate students in Brazil. Environ Qual Manag
25(2):71–89
Ates S (2020) Membership of sustainability index in an emerging market: implications for
sustainability. J Clean Prod 250:119465
Avila LV, da Silveira JST, Neto E da R, Baggio DK (2020) Barriers, potentialities, and actions for
implementation of sustainable energy procedures in Brazilian federal universities. Environ Qual
Manag 129–137
Berchin II, dos Grando V, S, Marcon GA, Corseuil L, Guerra JBSO de A, (2017) Strategies to
promote sustainability in higher education institutions: a case study of a federal institute of
higher education in Brazil. Int J Sustain High Educ 18(7):1018–1038