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Teaching sustainability within the context of everyday life: steps toward achieving the sustainable development goals through the EUSTEPs module

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datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidadept_PT
datacite.subject.sdg11:Cidades e Comunidades Sustentáveispt_PT
datacite.subject.sdg12:Produção e Consumo Sustentáveispt_PT
datacite.subject.sdg13:Ação Climáticapt_PT
dc.contributor.authorMoreno Pires, Sara
dc.contributor.authorMapar, Mahsa
dc.contributor.authorNicolau, Mariana
dc.contributor.authorPatrizi, N.
dc.contributor.authorMalandrakis, Georgios
dc.contributor.authorPulselli, Federico
dc.contributor.authorNicolau, Paula Bacelar
dc.contributor.authorCaeiro, Sandra
dc.contributor.authorNiccolucci, V.
dc.contributor.authorTheodossiou, N. P.
dc.contributor.authorMancini, Maria Serena
dc.contributor.authorGalli, Allessandro
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-26T14:45:03Z
dc.date.available2022-10-26T14:45:03Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractIn a world characterized by Ecological Overshoot, education can nurture sustainability-minded citizens and future leaders to help accelerate the transition towards a one-planet compatible society. Despite the essential role of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in contributing to a sustainable society, a holistic understanding of how to incorporate sustainability initiatives into HEIs is still lacking. Given the importance of HEIs in societies and considering the number of students, educators, and staff they host every day, ensuring that sustainability is both taught and practiced within campuses becomes fundamental. To this end, a strategic partnership was created in 2019 to set up the ERASMUS+ project EUSTEPs - Enhancing Universities’ Sustainability Teaching and Practices through Ecological Footprint. Among the main outputs of the project is a teaching module for introducing the sustainability concept to students. This module takes a 360-degree approach to teach sustainability, allowing students to endogenously realize the full complexity of sustainability, in an engaging and captivating manner. This paper thus aims to: 1) present the EUSTEPs Module, its pedagogical approach and structure, and the learning outcomes and competencies students are expected to gain; 2) review the outcomes of its first pilot teaching in four European HEIs, and 3) shed light on how this Module contributes to the development of competences and pedagogical approaches for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Our findings show that 90% of the students were ‘satisfied’ or ‘very satisfied’ with the Module, rating the Ecological Footprint as the most useful teaching tool among those included in the Module, and appreciated the interactive nature of the proposed teaching. Feedback obtained from students during the pilot teaching contributed to shaping the Module’s final structure and content. The Module – an important interactive sustainability pedagogical tool – is now ready for use with students from different disciplines, thus contributing to progress towards the UN 2030 Agenda, particularly SDG 4, SDG 11, SDG 12, and SDG 13.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipProject “EUSTEPs: Enhancing Universities’ Sustainability Teaching and Practices through Ecological Footprint,” KA 203, Strategic Partnership in Higher Education 2019–2022, Agreement No. 2019-1-EL01-KA203-062941.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.639793pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/12416
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectHigher Education Institutions (HEIs)pt_PT
dc.subjectSustainabilitypt_PT
dc.subjectEcological Footprint (EF)pt_PT
dc.subjectTeaching modulept_PT
dc.subjectEUSTEPspt_PT
dc.subjectSustainable Development Goals (SDGs)pt_PT
dc.titleTeaching sustainability within the context of everyday life: steps toward achieving the sustainable development goals through the EUSTEPs modulept_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.titleFrontiers in Educationpt_PT
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