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The INDICARE-model: measuring and caring about participation in higher education's sustainability assessment

datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveis
datacite.subject.sdg12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveis
datacite.subject.sdg17:Parcerias para a Implementação dos Objetivos
dc.contributor.authorDisterheft, Antje
dc.contributor.authorCaeiro, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorLeal Filho, Walter
dc.contributor.authorAzeiteiro, Ulisses
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-29T10:41:49Z
dc.date.available2021-09-29T10:41:49Z
dc.date.issued2016-04
dc.date.updated2021-09-20T09:07:41Z
dc.description.abstractThe implementation of sustainability in higher education has been advanced over at least the last twodecades and brought sustainability assessment on the research agenda of Education for Sustainable Devel-opment (ESD) and sustainability science. Participatory approaches have gained increasing attention inthese endeavours, but remain often vague and less addressed in sustainability assessment procedures.To fill in this gap, an indicator-based model, INDICARE, was developed that can assist in assessing par-ticipatory processes within higher education’s sustainability initiatives. The objective of this paper is tointroduce and discuss the model’s theoretical background, its structure, applicability, and how it canbroaden the perspectives on participation and sustainability assessment in the university context.Embedded in a cross-sectional qualitative research design, the model was developed in iterative stagesand was presented and adjusted along six feedback loops, having been presented to 98 persons duringconferences, workshops and university meetings. Inspired by biophilic ideas, transformative learning the-ories and participatory evaluation, INDICARE follows an ecocentric and integrative perspective that placesthe earth and its community at the centre of attention. A preliminary set of thirty indicators and prac-tices, grouped in three categories of context, process, and transformation, is proposed. The assessmentprocess itself is considered as a thought-provoking exercise rather than as a control tool and empha-sizes the interplay of personal reflection and action-oriented outreach. INDICARE intends to invigoratethe sustainability debate in higher education, in particular by proposing a more holistic approach toassessment that underlines experiencing the interconnectedness of human–nature relationships, com-bined with reflective exercises that can respond better to the call for transformation on individual andinstitutional level.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ecolind.2015.11.057pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1470-160X
dc.identifier.slugcv-prod-1779635
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/11140
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectHigher educationpt_PT
dc.subjectParticipationpt_PT
dc.subjectSustainability assessmentpt_PT
dc.subjectModelpt_PT
dc.subjectIndicatorspt_PT
dc.subjectIntegrative approachespt_PT
dc.titleThe INDICARE-model: measuring and caring about participation in higher education's sustainability assessmentpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage186pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage172pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleEcological Indicatorspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume63pt_PT
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