Higher education in Central European countries - Critical factors for sustainability transition
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11690%2F17%3A10338213" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11690/17:10338213 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652616311477" target="_blank" >http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652616311477</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.022" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.08.022</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Higher education in Central European countries - Critical factors for sustainability transition
Original language description
Progress towards incorporating sustainability concerns into the curricula and management of higher education institutions has been sluggish in the former socialist states of Central Europe. A question has been raised in this article about the specifics of this region where the situation in six of these countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia) was explored. To characterize sustainability changes in higher education institutions and develop a comparative overview of leading concepts, the 'conceptual framework analysis' qualitative method was used. A review and critical reflection of the current situation in the countries in question provided insight into commonalities or differences at national level and overall trends in the region; this information was structured, categorized, interpreted and embedded in a theoretically underpinned framework. On this basis, 'critical transition factors' were identified which helped to understand sustainable development policies at the higher education level, the driving forces behind institutional changes, and ongoing processes and their outcomes in the observed countries. These factors show a temporal hierarchy representing various stages of transition from environmental awareness to an understanding of the ambiguous term 'education for sustainable development', and more pragmatic approach where education is closely linked to green campus initiatives. The explored countries have mostly reached the lower transition stages. Constructivist, transdisciplinary approaches that underpin a focus on competences as a practical pre-requisite of democratic, sustainability oriented teaching, is greatly lacking in the region. The transition factors can be treated as concepts in the authors' explanatory framework which is adjusted to each national context; its relevance for ESD transition processes can be generalised beyond the countries described in this article.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA14-36005S" target="_blank" >GA14-36005S: Competence based innovation and quality enhancement in higher education (for sustainable development)</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Journal of Cleaner Production
ISSN
0959-6526
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
151
Issue of the periodical within the volume
May 10 2017
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
670-684
UT code for WoS article
000399624000055
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-84996486458