Managing Diversity : The Challenges of Inter-University
Cooperation in Sustainability Education

J 2019

Managing Diversity : The Challenges of Inter-University Cooperation in Sustainability Education

ČINČERA, Jan, Grzegorz MIKUSINSKI, Bohuslav BINKA, Luis CALAFATE, Cristina CALHEIROS et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Managing Diversity : The Challenges of Inter-University Cooperation in Sustainability Education

Autoři

ČINČERA, Jan (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí), Grzegorz MIKUSINSKI (616 Polsko), Bohuslav BINKA (203 Česká republika, domácí), Luis CALAFATE (620 Portugalsko), Cristina CALHEIROS (620 Portugalsko), Alexandra CARDOSO (620 Portugalsko), Marcus HEDBLOM (752 Švédsko), Michael JONES (752 Švédsko), Alex KOUTSOURIS (300 Řecko), Clara VASCONCELOS (620 Portugalsko) a Katarzyna IWINSKA (616 Polsko)

Vydání

Sustainability, Basel, MDPI, 2019, 2071-1050

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50301 Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]

Stát vydavatele

Švýcarsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

článek - open access

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.576

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/19:00110939

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11205610

UT WoS

000498398900067

Klíčová slova anglicky

international cooperation; higher education institutions; European project; educational resources; sustainability; diversity

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 31. 3. 2020 15:39, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

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.

Návaznosti

2015-1-PL01-KA203-016621, interní kód MU

Název: Widening Interdisciplinary Sustainability Education (Akronym: WISE)

Investor: Evropská unie, Widening Interdisciplinary Sustainability Education, Strategická partnerství v oblasti vzdělávání, odborné přípravy a mládeže

Přiložené soubory

Managing_Diversity.pdf

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ČINČERA, Jan, Grzegorz MIKUSINSKI, Bohuslav BINKA, Luis CALAFATE, Cristina CALHEIROS, Alexandra CARDOSO, Marcus HEDBLOM, Michael JONES, Alex KOUTSOURIS, Clara VASCONCELOS a Katarzyna IWINSKA. Managing Diversity : The Challenges of Inter-University Cooperation in Sustainability Education. Sustainability. Basel: MDPI, 2019, roč. 11, č. 20, s. 1-16. ISSN 2071-1050. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11205610.

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ČINČERA, Jan, Grzegorz MIKUSINSKI, Bohuslav BINKA, Luis CALAFATE, Cristina CALHEIROS, Alexandra CARDOSO, Marcus HEDBLOM, Michael JONES, Alex KOUTSOURIS, Clara VASCONCELOS a Katarzyna IWINSKA. Managing Diversity : The Challenges of Inter-University Cooperation in Sustainability Education. \textit{Sustainability}. Basel: MDPI, 2019, roč.~11, č.~20, s.~1-16. ISSN~2071-1050. Dostupné z: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11205610.

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