Towards Challenge-driven Sustainability Education

• Authors: Gontar, Zbigniew H

Abstracts

EN

The paper is part of the author’s research on developing a final project for the “Baltic University Programme (BUP) Teachers Course on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in Higher Education,” which took place from September 17 to February 18. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the following course-related concerns: What is challenge-driven education and why should it be considered as a strategy for education for sustainable development (ESD)? What are the practical considerations and barriers to expanding challenge-driven education? The paper refers to strategic management in education. It describes challenge-driven education as an option for universities considering various sustainability strategies. The paper focuses on the proposed idea of BUP cloud academia for sustainable development, and analyzes the results of surveys on pros and cons of the shift to cloud computing.

Keywords

EN

sustainability education; education for sustainable development; challenge-driven education

• Publisher: Wyższa Szkoła Bankowa w Poznaniu
• Journal: Studia Periegetica
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 23(3)
• Pages: 21-39

Dates

published

2019-09-26

Contributors

author

Gontar, Zbigniew H

Identifiers

DOI

10.26349/st.per.0023.02