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Future-oriented higher education: Which key competencies should be fostered through university teaching and learning?
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Universities play an important role in shaping the future of the world society in terms of sustainable development by generating new knowledge as well as contributing to the development of ...
- Posted Jan. 18, 2017
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Cultural Competencies: Developing a sustainable professional development model for a student services office
- Kent State University (OH)
This poster session describes the development of a multi-year professional development plan focused on increasing the cultural competencies of staff members in the Vacca Office of Student Services (VOSS), in ...
- Posted Nov. 18, 2016
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Key competencies to action: Transdisciplinary learning of key competencies for sustainability
- Lund University
Purpose: According to literature there is a set of six key competencies that distinguish sustainability professionals, including researchers, from professionals and researchers in other fields, making them “systemic problem solvers ...
- Posted Nov. 9, 2016
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The interrelations between competences for sustainable development and research competences
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore how competences for sustainable development and research interrelate within a context of competence-based higher education. Specific focus is oriented towards strengthening ...
- Posted Nov. 1, 2016
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A collaborative programme in sustainability and social responsibility
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The purpose of this paper is to collect methodological strategies used in the training of future teachers to develop competences in sustainability and social responsibility (SSR). The proposal in ...
- Posted Sept. 12, 2016
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Collective action competence: an asset to campus sustainability
- Duke University (NC)
Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to operationalize theories of social learning and collective action for campus sustainability practitioners at higher education instititions (IHEs) to enhance their work, and ...
- Posted July 18, 2016
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Toward the Development of Robust Learning for Sustainability Core Competencies
- Western Michigan University (MI)
This paper presents the results of a workshop on "Learning for Sustainability Core Competencies" held at AASHE's annual conference. The authors review research on core competencies in education for ...
- Posted July 1, 2016
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Responsible Business: The Textbook for Management Learning, Competence and Innovation
- Instituto Tecnolgico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
As sustainable development becomes an increasingly important strategic issue for all organizations, there is a growing need for management and executive education to adapt to this new reality. This textbook ...
- Posted June 23, 2016
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Implementing Sustainability in the Classroom at Université Laval
- Université Laval (QC)
Université Laval has embraced a global approach to sustainability education. Although sustainability has been addressed in the classroom by individuals in the past, it is now being articulated with a ...
- Posted June 9, 2016
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Learning while transforming: solution-oriented learning for urban sustainability in Phoenix, Arizona
- Arizona State University (AZ)
Conventional educational settings struggle with enabling students to acquire competence in collectively solving sustainability problems. Such competence is best conveyed in real-world learning settings. Solution-oriented sustainability learning (SOSL) programs create ...
- Posted May 24, 2016
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Educating change agents for sustainability – learnings from the first sustainability management master of business administration
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
In recent years, knowledge and capabilities to manage corporate sustainability have become a significant component of different career paths in companies, consultancies, and even in non-profit and public institutions. As ...
- Posted May 12, 2016
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Developing key competencies for sustainable development in higher education
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Purpose
To date, little attention has been given to the circumstances in which the process of developing key competencies for sustainable development may take place. The purpose of this paper ...
- Posted May 6, 2016
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