Sustainable development in Portuguese higher education institutions from the faculty perspective

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Autor(a) principal: Leal, Susana
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Azeiteiro, Ulisses M., Aleixo, Ana Marta
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/8960
Resumo: Thanks are due to the following entities: (a) We acknowledge financial support to CESAM by FCT/MCTES (UIDP/50017/2020+UIDB/50017/2020+ LA/P/0094/2020), through national funds; (b) We acknowledge financial support to the Life Quality Research Centre by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (UID/CED/04748/2020), through national funds.
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spelling Sustainable development in Portuguese higher education institutions from the faculty perspectiveEducation for sustainable developmentHigher education institutionsTeachers' perceptionsPortugalSustainabilityThanks are due to the following entities: (a) We acknowledge financial support to CESAM by FCT/MCTES (UIDP/50017/2020+UIDB/50017/2020+ LA/P/0094/2020), through national funds; (b) We acknowledge financial support to the Life Quality Research Centre by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (UID/CED/04748/2020), through national funds.Higher education institutions play a fundamental role and have great responsibility in promoting sustainability and achieving sustainable development goals. It is therefore essential to study the teacher's perceptions of incorporating sustainability since they are responsible for promoting competences and preparing citizens to respond with solutions to future challenges. The aim of this research is to analyse the perceptions of sustainability held by teachers at Portuguese public higher education institutions. A descriptive and exploratory study was conducted by administering an online questionnaire. The sample is made up of 444 teachers from different Portuguese public higher education institutions (54.1% women and 45.9% men). The results show that while most teachers believe higher education institutions promote the integration of sustainability in their activities, only 16% consider that sustainable development is holistically integrated in the institutions' different activities. About 30% of the teachers report that they largely or extensively integrate sustainable development in their curricular units, but only 20% of them state that higher education institutions provide regular or systematic training in SD. Teachers prefer to increase students' sustainable development education through conferences, seminars, or research projects. Almost 90% of teachers are concerned about climate change or the environment, but only 40% or less engage in sustainable development-related activities. Four clusters are also identified, representing teachers' different perceptions of the higher education institutions' promotion of sustainability, teachers' participation in sustainable development issues and concerns about climate change. Although teachers feel that sustainability is starting to be integrated in higher education institutions, this is not done holistically; moreover, differences are found between teachers in polytechnics and universities and between different scientific areas.ElsevierIC-OnlineLeal, SusanaAzeiteiro, Ulisses M.Aleixo, Ana Marta2023-11-27T11:22:54Z20232023-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/8960engLeal S, Azeiteiro UM, Aleixo AM, Sustainable development in Portuguese higher education institutions from the faculty perspective, Journal of Cleaner Production (2023), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139863.0959-652610.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139863info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-17T15:58:35Zoai:iconline.ipleiria.pt:10400.8/8960Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T01:51:33.709940Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Sustainable development in Portuguese higher education institutions from the faculty perspective
title Sustainable development in Portuguese higher education institutions from the faculty perspective
spellingShingle Sustainable development in Portuguese higher education institutions from the faculty perspective
Leal, Susana
Education for sustainable development
Higher education institutions
Teachers' perceptions
Portugal
Sustainability
title_short Sustainable development in Portuguese higher education institutions from the faculty perspective
title_full Sustainable development in Portuguese higher education institutions from the faculty perspective
title_fullStr Sustainable development in Portuguese higher education institutions from the faculty perspective
title_full_unstemmed Sustainable development in Portuguese higher education institutions from the faculty perspective
title_sort Sustainable development in Portuguese higher education institutions from the faculty perspective
author Leal, Susana
author_facet Leal, Susana
Azeiteiro, Ulisses M.
Aleixo, Ana Marta
author_role author
author2 Azeiteiro, Ulisses M.
Aleixo, Ana Marta
author2_role author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv IC-Online
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Leal, Susana
Azeiteiro, Ulisses M.
Aleixo, Ana Marta
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Education for sustainable development
Higher education institutions
Teachers' perceptions
Portugal
Sustainability
topic Education for sustainable development
Higher education institutions
Teachers' perceptions
Portugal
Sustainability
description Thanks are due to the following entities: (a) We acknowledge financial support to CESAM by FCT/MCTES (UIDP/50017/2020+UIDB/50017/2020+ LA/P/0094/2020), through national funds; (b) We acknowledge financial support to the Life Quality Research Centre by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (UID/CED/04748/2020), through national funds.
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