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Students’ perceptions of education for sustainable development

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Purpose – This study investigated whether a course which focused on raising students’ awareness of
sustainability, froma balanced perspective, that is, one which gives equal consideration to the social and
economic aspects as well as the environmental would produce graduates with the knowledge and
commitment required to drive the sustainability agenda forward. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
Design/methodology/approach – An analysis of students’ final entries in their reflective journal
was used to explore whether their views on sustainability reflected a balanced view.
Findings – The findings of this research confirmed previous studies showed that initially students
do have an enviro-centric bias. It also showed that despite experiencing a pedagogical approach which
challenged views by encouraging discussion, debate, and reflection and which provided what was
considered to be a balanced view of sustainability, many of the students still leaned towards an
environmentally focused perspective of sustainability.
Research limitations/implications – The conclusions are based on one data set but are supported
by other data described in the paper.
Practical implications – The finding led the authors to conclude that a concerted holistic effort
within and across courses is needed within tertiary institutions if students’ views about sustainability
are to be challenged.
Originality/value – The outcomes demonstrate that students’ reflective journals can be used to
gather information about the change in students’ perceptions about sustainability.

Keywords Curriculum, Pedagogy, Reflective journals, Student perceptions, Triple bottom line

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Judul Seri

International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education

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: Emerald Group., 2014

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International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education Vol. 15 No. 2, 2014 pp. 242-253

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English

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PENDIDIKAN

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