Abstract
Universities hold a crucial responsibility and role to contribute to sustainable development, also in their education task. The concept of competencies for sustainable development and the idea of using real-world sustainability issues in education are promising approaches to transform sustainability programmes at universities into student-centred learning environments. Especially the educational formats of problem-based learning and project-based learning foster such a process of educational innovation towards student-centred learning. Moreover, hybrid forms of problem-based and project-based learning offer added value, but challenges for PPBL courses in sustainability remain salient.
Keywords
- Competencies
- Real-world problems
- Student-centred learning
- Problem-based and project-based learning
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Roorda N (2010) Sailing on the winds of change. The Odyssey to sustainability of the universities of applied sciences in the Netherlands. PhD thesis Maastricht University, Universitaire Pers Maastricht
Wiek A, Withycombe L, Redman CL (2011) Key competencies in sustainability: a reference framework for academic program development. Sustain Sci 6:203–218
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Centre for PBL & Sustainability. http://www.pbl-sus.plan.aau.dk/
European virtual seminar on sustainable development. http://www.openuniversiteit.nl/eCache/DEF/90/085.html
MSc Sustainability Science and Policy, Maastricht University. http://www.maastrichtuniversity.nl/masterssp
UNESCO programme Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future. http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/index.html
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Cörvers, R., Wiek, A., de Kraker, J., Lang, D.J., Martens, P. (2016). Problem-Based and Project-Based Learning for Sustainable Development. In: Heinrichs, H., Martens, P., Michelsen, G., Wiek, A. (eds) Sustainability Science. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7242-6_29
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