Narratives on education for sustainable development in Malaysian universities
Higher education institutions are powerful forces in producing the human capital necessary to drive sustainable development. To support global aspirations to improve our planet, higher education institutions worldwide have been integrating the education for sustainable development agenda within the...
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| author | Syed-Abdullah, Sharifah Intan Sharina Kushnir, Iryna Abdrahim, Nur Aira |
| author_facet | Syed-Abdullah, Sharifah Intan Sharina Kushnir, Iryna Abdrahim, Nur Aira |
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| description | Higher education institutions are powerful forces in producing the human capital necessary to drive sustainable development. To support global aspirations to improve our planet, higher education institutions worldwide have been integrating the education for sustainable development agenda within the curriculum of a wide range of disciplines. This study aims to describe how Malaysian public universities have been implementing education for sustainable development. By adopting a qualitative research approach, this study gathered data through in-depth interviews and four focus group discussions with 16 sustainability experts from five public universities in Malaysia, renowned for their education provision and research in the field of sustainable development. Thematic analyses of the data reveal four prevailing approaches to implementing education for sustainable development at Malaysian higher education institutions. They are the organisational adoption approach, the competitive approach, the continuity approach, and the transformative approach. This study also projects the idea that the implementation of education for sustainable development (ESD) requires solid support from the institutions’ senior management to prioritise it in their managerial agenda. |
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| spelling | upm-1094012024-08-05T02:57:50Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109401/ Narratives on education for sustainable development in Malaysian universities Syed-Abdullah, Sharifah Intan Sharina Kushnir, Iryna Abdrahim, Nur Aira Higher education institutions are powerful forces in producing the human capital necessary to drive sustainable development. To support global aspirations to improve our planet, higher education institutions worldwide have been integrating the education for sustainable development agenda within the curriculum of a wide range of disciplines. This study aims to describe how Malaysian public universities have been implementing education for sustainable development. By adopting a qualitative research approach, this study gathered data through in-depth interviews and four focus group discussions with 16 sustainability experts from five public universities in Malaysia, renowned for their education provision and research in the field of sustainable development. Thematic analyses of the data reveal four prevailing approaches to implementing education for sustainable development at Malaysian higher education institutions. They are the organisational adoption approach, the competitive approach, the continuity approach, and the transformative approach. This study also projects the idea that the implementation of education for sustainable development (ESD) requires solid support from the institutions’ senior management to prioritise it in their managerial agenda. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023-08-31 Article PeerReviewed Syed-Abdullah, Sharifah Intan Sharina and Kushnir, Iryna and Abdrahim, Nur Aira (2023) Narratives on education for sustainable development in Malaysian universities. Sustainability, 15 (17). art. no. 13110. pp. 1-14. ISSN 2071-1050 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/15/17/13110 10.3390/su151713110 |
| spellingShingle | Syed-Abdullah, Sharifah Intan Sharina Kushnir, Iryna Abdrahim, Nur Aira Narratives on education for sustainable development in Malaysian universities |
| title | Narratives on education for sustainable development in Malaysian universities |
| title_full | Narratives on education for sustainable development in Malaysian universities |
| title_fullStr | Narratives on education for sustainable development in Malaysian universities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Narratives on education for sustainable development in Malaysian universities |
| title_short | Narratives on education for sustainable development in Malaysian universities |
| title_sort | narratives on education for sustainable development in malaysian universities |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109401/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109401/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/109401/ |