The European virtual seminar on sustainable development as an opportunity for staff ESD competence development within university curricula
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11690%2F17%3A10361754" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11690/17:10361754 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-03-2016-0040" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-03-2016-0040</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-03-2016-0040" target="_blank" >10.1108/IJSHE-03-2016-0040</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The European virtual seminar on sustainable development as an opportunity for staff ESD competence development within university curricula
Original language description
The purpose of the article is to assess the current and potential value of the European Virtual Seminar on Sustainable Development (EVS), as an opportunity for professional development in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) at university level. The article presents and reflects on the specific case of EVS, including its competence-based approach and educational staff roles. Particular attention is paid to the development of ESD competences of tutors through participation in EVS, based on the UNECE (2011) competence framework and supported by the results from a small-scale questionnaire. Three major aspects of EVS as a professional opportunity in ESD are elaborated: EVS as an on-the-job training opportunity, as an international staff mobility opportunity, and as an active learning and innovation community. EVS is currently an effective opportunity for developing a range of ESD competences, especially for junior university staff. In quantitative terms, the actual contribution of EVS to professional development in ESD is modest, but given its features the EVS approach has the potential to be adopted at a much larger scale. In spite of its flexible and tailor made design, two major constraints for scaling up exist: rigid rules for integration of new courses in curricula and the need to form new EVS-like partnerships. This case study of EVS shows that web-based, internationally networked courses with a pedagogical approach and design focused on ESD, have a large potential in providing effective opportunities for the development of teachers' ESD competences, but to realize this potential, active uptake of the approach by the existing networks for ESD in higher education is needed. The article presents a promising option to address the observed lack of opportunities within university curricula to acquire and practice ESD competences for teaching staff.
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
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
ISSN
1467-6370
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
18
Issue of the periodical within the volume
5
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
758-771
UT code for WoS article
000405476500008
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85023642976