Optimizing Higher Education for Sustainable Development through the Design and Implementation of the Global Engagement Program

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) plays a significant role in the environmental, economic, social and cultural spheres and is a key element in achieving sustainable development goals. Higher education institutions, as the main producers of future leaders, are essential to the practice of E...

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Published in:Sustainability 2023-07, Vol.15 (13), p.10098
Main Authors: Li, Yuan, Liao, Tianhong, Li, Jia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Case studies
Core curriculum
Corpus analysis
Digital technology
Education
Education parks
Education, Higher
Environmental education
Extracurricular activities
Foreign language learning
Higher education
Higher education institutions
School facilities
Students
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Text analysis
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Summary:Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) plays a significant role in the environmental, economic, social and cultural spheres and is a key element in achieving sustainable development goals. Higher education institutions, as the main producers of future leaders, are essential to the practice of ESD. However, Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) is still in its infancy in many higher education institutions. This study adopts corpus-based text analysis and case study methods. Starting from the features of ESD and examining the case of the “Global Engagement Program”, this paper aims to explore how higher education can better promote sustainable development within the framework of ESD and proposes the model of HESD. Specifically, this study focuses on the following questions: (1) what are the features of ESD based on UNESCO’s official documents; (2) how does the Global Engagement Program seek to achieve HESD and (3) what is the proposed model of HESD?
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su151310098