Thread by @TdLearning, Today marks the last day of our project “Educating Future Change Agents”. [...]

Today marks the last day of our project “Educating Future Change Agents”. A 3.5 year journey with great colleagues and PhDs comes to an end. What did we find out and what impact might that have? #sustainability #transformation #higher education #academictwitter
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How can competence acquisition best be fostered through novel teaching and learning approaches? In 20 publications (published or under review) we shed light on competencies, learning processes, and their relation with case-studies from @Leuphana and @ASU. https://www.researchgate.net/project/Educating-Future-Change-Agents">https://www.researchgate.net/project/E...

Educating Future Change Agents

Start date: Sep 1, 2016 | EDUCATING FUTURE CHANGE AGENTS | Generating evidence for effectiveness and efficiency of existing programs and courses to build students' competence in sustainability...

https://www.researchgate.net/project/Educating-Future-Change-Agents

@RealAaronRedman contributed with research in assessing key #competencies in #sustainability in a more robust way in sustainability-related programs and beyond
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-020-00855-1">https://link.springer.com/article/1...
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Current practice of assessing students’ sustainability competencies: a review of tools

While there is growing agreement on the competencies sustainability professionals should possess as well as the pedagogies to develop them, the practice of assessing students’ sustainability compet...

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-020-00855-1

#PhD student Theres Konrad specifically looked into learning in #projectbased #sustainability courses and analyzed how interpersonal competence can be developed and supported.
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJSHE-06-2019-0190/full/html">https://www.emerald.com/insight/c...
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Our second case study with PhD student @OleBrandt9 looked into #sustainability #competencies of teachers in #teachereducation programs @FakultaetN and @ASUBiodesign and analyzed how connection matters in learning. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095965262033794X">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/a...

A matter of connection: The 4 Cs of learning in pre-service teacher education for sustainability

Teacher education for sustainability (TEfS) aims to prepare future educators for their role as societal change agents by developing in them specific s…

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S095965262033794X

Tamsin Foucrier describes #sustainability #entrepreneurship competencies along the entrepreneurial process model in a third case study on #entrepreneurial #learning.
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/24/7250">https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050...
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A Process-Oriented Framework of Competencies for Sustainability Entrepreneurship

Employee-owned businesses, benefit corporations, and other efforts in sustainability entrepreneurship are responding to prevalent challenges such as climate change, economic inequalities, and...

https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/24/7250

PhD student Jodie Birdman followed @leuphana´s and @asuglobalfuture`s Master program "Global Sustainability Science" and deconstructed competence development on the curriculum level.
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In meta-study and cluster analysis using 131 international case studies Marie Weiss finally shed light on implementation patterns, drivers and barriers of implementing #sustainability in #HigherEducation curricula
https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJSHE-10-2018-0190/full/html">https://www.emerald.com/insight/c...

All of this has been accompanied by detailed background material, technical reports, and case study descriptions to make our research as transparent and accessible as possible.
https://www.leuphana.de/zentren/cgsc/working-papers.html">https://www.leuphana.de/zentren/c...

In dissemination workshops, public talks, and counseling we shared insights with practitioners, policy makers and colleagues, arguing how constructive alignment between sustainability key competencies and learning processes can be planned and implemented.

Thanks for your interest - reach out if you want to learn more about #EdFuCha - our project over the past four years...
#sustainability #transformation #highered

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