TY - JOUR
AU1 - Balakrishnan, Balamuralithara
AU2 - Tochinai, Fumihiko
AU3 - Kanemitsu, Hidekazu
AU4 - Al-Talbe, Ali
AB - This study aims to examine the impacts of education for sustainable development subject(s) offered at University A, Japan and University B, Malaysia on the attitude and perception toward environment, social and economic issues of sustainability among the engineering undergraduates of the institutions from different countries.Design/methodology/approachA questionnaire survey was administered to 108 engineering students at University A, Japan and 117 engineering students at University B, Malaysia to measure their attitudes and perceptions toward sustainability.FindingsThe findings suggested that the sustainable development courses offered at University A, Japan, have developed positive attitudes and perceptions on environmental and social sustainability issues. The subjects on sustainable development offered at University B, Malaysia have developed positive attitudes and perceptions on the environmental issues of sustainability. Respondents from both universities, Japan and Malaysia, have not properly developed positive attitudes and perceptions toward economic sustainability issues. The findings also revealed that geographical boundaries have no influence toward the development of the attitude and perception toward sustainability issues.Originality/valueThis study provides insight into the attitude and perception toward the three pillars – environment, social and economic – of sustainability among engineering undergraduates from two different institutions of two different countries that apply different pedagogic strategies in education for sustainable development in educating undergraduates on sustainable development.
TI - Education for sustainable development in Japan and Malaysia: a comparative study among engineering undergraduates
JF - International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
DO - 10.1108/ijshe-08-2020-0301
DA - 2021-07-02
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/education-for-sustainable-development-in-japan-and-malaysia-a-ZGSpHI31Wt
SP - 891
EP - 908
VL - 22
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -