Process framework for identifying sustainability aspects in university curricula and integrating education for sustainable development

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 106, Issue , 2015, Pages 164-174

  Holm, Tove ^a,b,c   Sammalisto, Kaisu ^d   Grindsted, Thomas S ^e   Vuorisalo, Timo ^b  

^a Sykli Environmental School of Finland   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^e ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Education for sustainable development; Higher education; Management systems; Nordic countries; Quality assurance; Visualizing

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; PLANNING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; NORDIC COUNTRIES; VISUALIZING;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84938204505     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.04.059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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