ČINČERA, Jan, Grzegorz MIKUSINSKI, Bohuslav BINKA, Luis CALAFATE, Cristina CALHEIROS, Alexandra CARDOSO, Marcus HEDBLOM, Michael JONES, Alex KOUTSOURIS, Clara VASCONCELOS and Katarzyna IWINSKA. Managing Diversity : The Challenges of Inter-University Cooperation in Sustainability Education. Sustainability. Basel: MDPI, vol. 11, No 20, p. 1-16. ISSN 2071-1050. doi:10.3390/su11205610. 2019.
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Original name Managing Diversity : The Challenges of Inter-University Cooperation in Sustainability Education
Authors ČINČERA, Jan (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Grzegorz MIKUSINSKI (616 Poland), Bohuslav BINKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Luis CALAFATE (620 Portugal), Cristina CALHEIROS (620 Portugal), Alexandra CARDOSO (620 Portugal), Marcus HEDBLOM (752 Sweden), Michael JONES (752 Sweden), Alex KOUTSOURIS (300 Greece), Clara VASCONCELOS (620 Portugal) and Katarzyna IWINSKA (616 Poland).
Edition Sustainability, Basel, MDPI, 2019, 2071-1050.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Country of publisher Switzerland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW článek - open access
Impact factor Impact factor: 2.576
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14230/19:00110939
Organization unit Faculty of Social Studies
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11205610
UT WoS 000498398900067
Keywords in English international cooperation; higher education institutions; European project; educational resources; sustainability; diversity
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Abstract
One of the main challenges in sustainability discourse is its multifaceted nature often requiring that many different disciplines must cooperate in order to achieve progress. This issue also concerns sustainability education. In the article, we highlighted the experiences from the international cooperation of university teachers and researchers with highly diverse professional backgrounds who worked together on developing educational materials for university students in sustainability-oriented courses. The study is based on qualitative, participatory evaluation research, applying two rounds of open-ended questionnaires distributed to the same respondents (n = 18). For the analysis, we used the open-coding procedure for identifying the main categories. The results show some of the opportunities and barriers that emerged in the process of this cooperation. In particular, we discuss the issues related to the high heterogeneity of the group, such as the clashes of the different perspectives on the topics covered, group dynamics issues, trust, facilitation challenges, and also opportunities that such heterogeneity offers. We highlight the importance of open reflectivity in sustainability-oriented educational projects as the key to their successful implementation. Finally, we believe that results of this participatory study are useful in designing new projects aiming at further improvement of academic education in sustainability and sustainable development.
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2015-1-PL01-KA203-016621, interní kód MUName: Widening Interdisciplinary Sustainability Education (Acronym: WISE)
Investor: European Union, Strategic Partnerships in the field of education, training and youth
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