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Yes / Purpose. This viewpoint paper addresses the use of sustainability frameworks in embedding education for sustainability into the curriculum of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). We focus on the paradox that sustainability frameworks must facilitate transformation of existing structures whilst also being well-enough aligned with current conditions to be readily adopted by today’s HEIs. Design/methodology/approach. We propose a set of four criteria for assessing the suitability of sustainability frameworks for use across the curriculum: Relevance to Current Curricula; Language; Institutional Fit; and Concept of the Future. Using these criteria, we assess how various frameworks align with the current (unsustainable) state of affairs, and their transformative potential. The frameworks assessed are: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); the Three Pillars Framework; and the Capitals Approach. Findings. We find that each of the frameworks has strengths and weaknesses: the SDGs and the Capitals Approach perform well on alignment, but less well on transformation. Conversely, the Three Pillars Framework perform well on transformation and less well on alignment. By applying the criteria set out in this paper, we hope those working to embed sustainability into the curricula of HEIs will be better equipped to navigate the tensions presented by sustainability transitions. Originality. Using a novel set of criteria for assessing sustainability frameworks, this paper provides guidance that was previously lacking to education for sustainability professionals who are attempting to embed sustainability into the curriculum at HEIs. / The financial support of the UK Economic and Social Research Council for the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (CUSP) (ESRC grant no: ES/M010163/1) is gratefully acknowledged.

Submitted by Rosina Valeria Lanzellotti Mattiussi Teixeira (rosina.teixeira@unisantos.br) on 2015-06-29T18:05:03Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria L¿cia Brito Zabulon de Figueiredo.pdf: 1169098 bytes, checksum: 88abc1be4044e95051fa01f49ecb840e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-06-29T18:05:04Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria L¿cia Brito Zabulon de Figueiredo.pdf: 1169098 bytes, checksum: 88abc1be4044e95051fa01f49ecb840e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-26 / The purpose of this research project is to analyze the students' perceptions about the Supervised Internship teaching practice in the Tourism course and its contributions to training the professional with a view to Environmental Education and Sustainability (EES). It is based on authors such as Fazenda (1991), Bianchi (2004), Abdalla (2006, 2009, 2011, 2012), Pimenta (2009, 2013), and Freire (2013), in order to understand the training of the professors, the knowledge required for the educational practices and the Supervised Internship (SI) in the training of Bachelors of Tourism. And, to conceptualize sustainability and the environment, authors of the likes of Lemos (1999), Rodrigues (2000), Ruschmann (2000), Sachs (2007), and Melo (2011) were used. This is a two-stage qualitative survey, as per Lüdke and André (1986) and Bogdan and Biklan (1994). At the first stage (2nd half/2012), a questionnaire comprising open and closed questions was applied to 21 students. At the next stage (2nd half/ 2013), semi-structured interviews were conducted with six students who graduated in Tourism and, to deepen the data (1st half/2014), interviews were also made with three more. Data were analyzed and interpreted based on the content analysis technique (BARDIN, 2007; FRANCO, 2012), which allowed two dimensions of analysis to be identified: Academic training and the Supervised Internship practice. The results enabled us to identify: In the 1st dimension - academic training in Tourism - two analysis categories: 1st the challenges of training for Tourism and for Environmental Education and Sustainability (EES); and 2nd the potential of training toward the EES; and in the 2nd dimension - the Supervised Internship (SI) practice -, plus two more analysis categories: 1st internship challenges and difficulties; 2nd the potential of SI for EES. The contributions made by the SI to EES in training students taking the Tourism course were thus presented, highlighting: 1st the need for closer ties between theory and practice in the various course components aiming to strengthen these students' skills and abilities; 2nd the importance of SI providing better grounds for this theory/practice coordination, debating environmental and sustainability issues, and 3rd the valuing of an education geared by action and for action, which has in the internship the germination stage for new paradigms that can sustain and transform training, whether initial and/or continued, for these students and/or professionals working in the area. / Este trabalho objetiva analisar as percepções dos estudantes sobre a prática pedagógica do Estágio Supervisionado no curso de Turismo e suas contribuições para a formação do profissional com um olhar para a Educação Ambiental e para a Sustentabilidade (EAS). Fundamenta-se em autores como Fazenda (1991), Bianchi (2004), Abdalla (2006, 2009, 2011, 2012), Pimenta (2009, 2013) e Freire (2013), a fim de compreender a formação de professores, os saberes necessários às práticas pedagógicas e o Estágio Supervisionado (ES) na formação dos Bacharéis em Turismo. E, para conceituar a sustentabilidade e o meio ambiente, foram utilizados autores como Lemos (1999), Rodrigues (2000), Ruschmann (2000), Sachs (2007) e Melo (2011). Trata-se de uma pesquisa de abordagem qualitativa, conforme Lüdke e André (1986) e Bogdan e Biklan (1994), que se desenvolveu em duas etapas. Na primeira etapa (2º sem./2012), foi aplicado um questionário com perguntas abertas e fechadas a 21 discentes. Na etapa seguinte (2º sem./2013), foram realizadas entrevistas semiestruturadas com seis egressos do curso de Turismo, e, para aprofundamento de dados (1º sem./2014), realizaram-se, também, entrevistas com mais três. Para análise e interpretação dos dados, utilizou-se a técnica da análise de conteúdo (BARDIN, 2007; FRANCO, 2012), possibilitando identificar duas dimensões de análise: a formação acadêmica e a prática do Estágio Supervisionado. Os resultados obtidos possibilitaram identificar: na 1ª dimensão ¿ formação acadêmica no Turismo -, duas categorias de análise: 1ª os desafios da formação para o Turismo e para a Educação Ambiental e a Sustentatibilidade (EAS); e 2ª as potencialidades da formação voltada para a EAS; e na 2ª dimensão ¿ a prática do Estágio Supervisionado (ES) -, mais duas categorias de análise: 1ª os desafios e as dificuldades do estágio; e 2ª as potencialidades do ES para a EAS. Evidenciaram-se, assim, as contribuições do ES voltado para EAS na formação de estudantes do curso de Turismo, destacando: 1º a necessidade de uma vinculação maior entre teoria e prática nos diferentes componentes disciplinares, no sentido de fortalecer competências e habilidades desses estudantes; 2º a importância de que o ES fundamente, melhor, esta articulação teoria/prática, debatendo a problemática ambiental e da sustentabilidade; e 3º a valorização de uma educação voltada pela ação e para a ação, que tenha no estágio a germinação de novos paradigmas, que possam sustentar e transformar a formação, seja inicial e/ou continuada, desses estudantes e/ou profissionais da área.

The aim of this study is twofold, first is to create an in-service training example that can be conducted with childhood education teachers in framework of transformative learning towards learning for sustainability and education for sustainable development. Second aim of study is to investigate effects and contributors of created transformative learning example on participants&rsquo / perspective transformation. 24 teachers were involved as convenient sample in this research. Research methodology combined two basic data gathering and analysis methods. Sample group participated in seven half day in-service training, at the end of training initial inquiry was conducted by using Learning Activities Survey with all participants and it was continued with 6 follow-up interviews. Assessment tool and interview format were developed by Kathleen P. King (1997) and were translated in Turkish and adapted for the use of this research. The results of this research revealed that 100% of participants experienced perspective transformation at varying degrees in relation to in-service training conducted.The most telling findings indicate that: (a) perspective transformation learning experiences include major shifts in learner&rsquo / s understanding of his/her life and world, (b) journey of transformative learning differs among learners, (c) sampled population experienced some changes in their perspective of their beliefs, assumptions and points of view as well as they transitioned to a more differentiated frame of reference which is related with sustainability, (d) both classroom assignments and support were noted as important contributors of perspective transformation, (e) discussions, group projects, critical thinking activities, self-evaluation of participants and unconventional structure of training, support of trainer, support from others and challenge from trainer were evaluated as main contributors to perspective transformation.

The aim of this study is twofold, first is to create an in-service training example that can be conducted with childhood education teachers in framework of transformative learning towards learning for sustainability and education for sustainable development. Second aim of study is to investigate effects and contributors of created transformative learning example on participants&rsquo / perspective transformation. 24 teachers were involved as convenient sample in this research. Research methodology combined two basic data gathering and analysis methods. Sample group participated in seven half day in-service training, at the end of training initial inquiry was conducted by using Learning Activities Survey with all participants and it was continued with 6 follow-up interviews. Assessment tool and interview format were developed by Kathleen P. King (1997) and were translated in Turkish and adapted for the use of this research. The results of this research revealed that 100% of participants experienced perspective transformation at varying degrees in relation to in-service training conducted.The most telling findings indicate that: (a) perspective transformation learning experiences include major shifts in learner&rsquo / s understanding of his/her life and world, (b) journey of transformative learning differs among learners, (c) sampled population experienced some changes in their perspective of their beliefs, assumptions and points of view as well as they transitioned to a more differentiated frame of reference which is related with sustainability, (d) both classroom assignments and support were noted as important contributors of perspective transformation, (e) discussions, group projects, critical thinking activities, self-evaluation of participants and unconventional structure of training, support of trainer, support from others and challenge from trainer were evaluated as main contributors to perspective transformation.

The world is plagued by a daunting array of interrelated environmental crises, economic instability and social injustice. In order to mitigate these issues for present and future generations we look towards the concept of sustainable development (SD) and hence education for sustainable development (ESD) which supports SD. In this qualitative study, participants from varying roles in Canada, England and Australia were interviewed to determine their perceptions and understanding of current practices, successes, drivers and barriers of ESD and changes over time. The progress of ESD in these three countries was compared and contrasted to discover that although they use different terms to describe the work, and have different structures and sociopolitical situations, there was much agreement about what has been accomplished and what needs to be done. Strong leadership, government policy, financial and staff support were seen as drivers, while lack of time and commitment were seen as barriers.

Sustainability education is a contested field in Aotearoa New Zealand, as it is in other countries. A variety of philosophical and theoretical interpretations and possibilities for practice therefore co-exist within this emerging field. This thesis develops a ‘complex perspective’ of sustainability education by exploring the way it is conceptualised in literature and the New Zealand curriculum, and interpreted in practice in the context of a New Zealand secondary school. Guided by the key contributing theories and a qualitative methodology, the thesis maps the complexity of the field from the macro- or global and international level to the micro- or local level using the reference points of theory, practice, and possibility. Developed during and in response to an intense period of social and environmental change that shows no signs of abating, the thesis comprises two interrelated components. The first and more substantial component is the literature review. This takes account of situational factors that are giving rise to different conceptions and approaches to sustainability education and to contrasting views presented in literature and curriculum. Used as an umbrella term for all forms of education with environmental and sustainability foci, ‘sustainability education’ (in whatever form it takes) stands as an admission of broad social failure and the need for substantial change. Conceptions of sustainability education range from ‘education for sustainable development’ (ESD), which is advanced by the United Nations and other influential international organisations, to ‘education for sustainability’ (EfS), which has taken precedence over ‘environmental education’ (EE) in the New Zealand curriculum. The literature shows that this complex, contested, contextualised and emerging field is as much hopeful as it is critical. The qualitative case study comprises the second interrelated component of the thesis. Grounded in the real-life context of a secondary school with a distinctive approach to teaching and learning, it involves an empirical investigation of the ways in which two teachers and a diverse group of Year 9 to Year 14 students understand and practice sustainability education. This component draws on the interpretive methods of interviewing and observation to afford an empathetic and multi-perspectival view of sustainability education in practice. The case does not strive to establish ‘truth’ but rather to be open to multiple truths, realities and meanings - in a manner that is consistent with the theories of social constructionism and interpretivism in particular. It is suggested, through this study, that sustainability education cannot be confined to a stable conception or consistent framework, or approached through a programme of standardised levels and assessments. Representing a complex, multi-dimensional, dynamic and emergent concept, sustainability education may best be approached and sustained in a corresponding fashion, through multiple, critically-informed, and dialogically-linked points of entry.

The world is plagued by a daunting array of interrelated environmental crises, economic instability and social injustice. In order to mitigate these issues for present and future generations we look towards the concept of sustainable development (SD) and hence education for sustainable development (ESD) which supports SD. In this qualitative study, participants from varying roles in Canada, England and Australia were interviewed to determine their perceptions and understanding of current practices, successes, drivers and barriers of ESD and changes over time. The progress of ESD in these three countries was compared and contrasted to discover that although they use different terms to describe the work, and have different structures and sociopolitical situations, there was much agreement about what has been accomplished and what needs to be done. Strong leadership, government policy, financial and staff support were seen as drivers, while lack of time and commitment were seen as barriers.

O papel das organizações e da racionalidade instrumental que direciona a tomada de decisão têm sido discutidos amplamente, em especial no que concerne à predominância do mercado sobre a vida humana, os problemas ambientais e o bem-estar humano sobre este planeta. Pesquisas acerca do desenvolvimento sustentável futuro apontam para um direcionamento a uma perspectiva mais humanista cujos valores conduzem a uma nova forma de entender o tema da sustentabilidade e de agir nas organizações, tendo o indivíduo como agente de mudança. Para Garrity (2012), a educação desempenha um papel crucial na mudança dos modelos mentais e de visão de mundo, possibilitando constituir um novo paradigma da sustentabilidade e da administração. Por meio da educação, pode-se pensar em uma mudança nos gestores futuros das organizações direcionados à sustentabilidade, e nesse desafio a Aprendizagem Transformadora (STERLING, 2011; BLAKE, STERLING & GOODSON 2013) tem se demonstrado como uma abordagem pedagógica que contribui com a mudança de visão de mundo, inferindo nos níveis mais profundos do conhecimento. Assim, o objetivo dessa pesquisa foi conceber uma proposta de aprendizagem transformadora integral sustentável, visando o desenvolvimento sustentável futuro baseado numa discussão epistemológico-ontológica das organizações atuais. Esta pesquisa caracteriza-se por ser qualitativa, exploratória e analisou três estudos de caso: a disciplina de graduação Formação Integrada para a Sustentabilidade (FIS) da Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV); o MBA Governança e Inovação de Tecnologias Digitais com Sustentabilidade, da Universidade de São Paulo (USP); e, por fim, o curso Campus Internacional Brasil, da faculdade de administração da Universidade de Montreal (HEC Montreal-Canadá). Para a coleta de dados realizaram-se entrevistas com professores, alunos e parceiros dos cursos, observação participante, além de consultas a documentos e materiais institucionais. Os dados foram analisados e estruturados a partir do Método de Gioia. As dimensões da Aprendizagem Transformadora – Mudança de Paradigma na Educação e Nova visão de mundo, Elementos da Aprendizagem Transformadora e Perfil do egresso da Aprendizagem Transformadora – conduziram à elaboração da Proposta de Aprendizagem Transformadora Integral Sustentável. Além disso os resultados indicam que uma pedagogia mais crítica, com abordagem holística, metodologias experienciais, professores envolvidos e integrados com o tema, podem conduzir a uma transformação dos alunos e uma aplicação dos princípios da sustentabilidade nas organizações em que atuam. Os resultados dessa pesquisa visam contribuir para que cada vez mais iniciativas educacionais transformadoras possam se concretizar, visando o desenvolvimento integral discente, a construção de uma nova racionalidade para a administração, corroborando, assim, com o desenvolvimento sustentável futuro. / The role of organizations and instrumental rationality that drives decision making have been widely discussed, especially because of market dominance on human life, environmental problems and human well being on this planet. Researches on future sustainable development indicate a direction to a more humanistic perspective whose values lead to a new way of understanding sustainability and acting in organizations, and the individual is the central in this role. To Garrity (2012), education plays a crucial role in changing mental models and worldview, enabling to constitute a new paradigm of sustainability and management. Through education, it’s possible to realize a change in future managers directed to sustainability, and on this challenge Transformative Learning (STERLING, 2011; BLAKE, STERLING & Goodson 2013) has been demonstrated as a pedagogical approach that contributes to change worldview, implying the deepest levels of knowledge. So, the main goal of this research was to design a proposal for a sustainable integral transformative learning, aiming a future sustainable development based on epistemological and ontological discussion of current organizations. This research is characterized as qualitative, exploratory and has analyzed three case studies: the undergraduate course Formação Integrada para a Sustentabilidade (FIS) from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV); MBA Governance and Innovation with Digital Technologies and Sustainability, from Universidade de São Paulo (USP); and finally, the course International Campus Brazil, of HEC Montreal-Canada. For data collection, interviews were done with teachers, students and partners, besides participant observation, and documents and institutional materials were consulted. Data were analyzed and structured by Gioia method. The dimensions of Transformative Learning – Change on Education Paradigm and New world view, Transformative Learning Elements, egress profile of Transforming Learning - led to the development of a proposal for a sustainable integral transformative learning. In addition, the results indicate that a more critical and holistic pedagogy, experiential methodologies, teachers involved and integrated with the subject of sustainability, can lead to a transformation on students and a new practice guided by the principles of sustainability in organizations where they work. The results of this research can contribute to other transformative educational initiatives, to students integral development, to the construction of a new rationality for management, and, thus, helping to achieve future sustainable development.