DIGITALEDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: FINAL DEGREE PROJECTS OF COLLABORATION IN CIRCULAR ECONOMY
1 Unibersity of the Basque Country (SPAIN)
2 Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja (IETcc-CSIC) (SPAIN)
2 Instituto de Ciencias de la Construcción Eduardo Torroja (IETcc-CSIC) (SPAIN)
About this paper:
Appears in: ICERI2021 Proceedings
Publication year: 2021
Pages: 9215-9218
ISBN: 978-84-09-34549-6
ISSN: 2340-1095
doi: 10.21125/iceri.2021.2125
Publication year: 2021
Pages: 9215-9218
ISBN: 978-84-09-34549-6
ISSN: 2340-1095
doi: 10.21125/iceri.2021.2125
Conference name: 14th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation
Dates: 8-9 November, 2021
Location: Online Conference
Dates: 8-9 November, 2021
Location: Online Conference
Abstract:
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) was endorsed by UNESCO’s 37th General Conference in November 2013 and was launched at the UNESCO World Conference on ESD in November 2014 [1]. The common perception was that little more than a change in teaching or curriculum was necessary; sustainability indicated a change of cultural paradigm. This ecological worldview entailed a shift of emphasis from relationships based on fragmentation, control and manipulation towards those based on participation, mutual respect and collaboration [2]. University is called irretrievably to interpret and transform reality creatively facing the social, economic and environmental challengers. Globalization is called to serve and globalize all its benefits, both techno-economic and socio-political, as well as cultural. Today, more than ever, competences proposed by ESD are needed. It is time to change keys in method, form, and instruments. ESD prepares learners to understand and respond to the changing world and drives sustainable development [3].As Final Degree Projects at the EIG (Escuela de Ingeniería de Gipuzkoa, UPV/EHU) students are offered to take part as researchers in collaborative research projects with the CSIC (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas) following a scientific methodology, being also projects on sustainable development, specifically in circular economy. Thus, research projects investigate the use of cement-based demolition waste as aggregate for concrete and the use of municipal solid waste incineration fly ash to produce eco-friendly binders for building construction.
References:
[1] UNESCO (2018). Education for sustainable development (ESD) beyond 2019. 204 EX/28, Paris.
[2] S. Sterling, “Chapter 5 - Higher education, sustainability, and the role of systematic learning” in Higher Education and the Challenge of Sustainability: Problematics, Promise and practice (Peter Blaze Corcoran & Arjen E.J. Wals Eds.), 49-70, Netherlands, 2004.
[3] A. Leicht, J. Heiss, and W. J. Byun in Issues and trends in Education for sustainable Development. Published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 2018.