A self-evaluation tool of sustainability concepts in higher education institutions courses

Abstract

[EN] In this paper, a self-evaluation tool is developed to allow educators and Higher Education Institutions to assess their efforts in pursuing Education for Sustainable Development. The composite index here proposed allows the individual components that contribute to the pursuit of sustainability in education to be grasped in isolation and, at the same time, provides an overall evaluation measure of all the elements taken into consideration. The index is based on the identification of elements that measure the efficiency of the allocated expenditure. At the same time, it encompasses measures of the impact and perception of sustainability concept by staff and students. Albeit in a laborious way, the application of the tool leads to an unbiased assessment of education for sustainable development results. This composite indicator can be used in a replicative manner elsewhere and offers the advantage of being able to carry out comparative evaluative analyses. This is due to its adaptive flexibility. ; The study is part of EFFORT (EFFectiveness Of Responsible Teaching), a project (partially) funded by the Erasmus+ grant program of the European Union under grant no. 2019-1-DE01-KA203-005057. Neither the European Commission nor the project´s national funding agency DAAD are responsible for the content or liable for any losses or damage resulting of the use of these resources. We are grateful to the members of EFFORT team for their precious suggestions and insights while developing the paper. ; Venezia, E.; Pizzutilo, F. (2021). A self-evaluation tool of sustainability concepts in higher education institutions courses. En 7th International Conference on Higher Education Advances (HEAd'21). Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 669-677. https://doi.org/10.4995/HEAd21.2021.13055 ; OCS ; 669 ; 677