TY - JOUR
AU - Timm, Jana-M.
AB - Journal of Social Sciences 7 (1): 13-23, 2011 ISSN 1549-3652 © 2010 Science Publications Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Students’ Perspectives on an Innovative Approach to Educational Change Matthias Barth and Jana-M. Timm Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Communication, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Scharnhorststraße 1, 21335 Lüneburg, Germany Abstract: Problem statement: With Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) being an innovative approach to educational change, its principal objective is students’ development of transformation competencies. However, HESD evaluations hardly consider students’ perspectives. This study presents a study that examined undergraduate students’ view on the HESD approach at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (Germany) and aims at shedding light on their acceptance and perceptions of such an HESD learning setting. Approach: For this purpose, two corresponding surveys were carried out that analyzed the impact of such a curriculum design on undergraduate students of the 2nd and 4th semester. Results: A high rate of 75.4% of the undergraduate students indicated their commitment towards the Leuphana University study model. Simultaneously they showed a sophisticated understanding of the concept of sustainability and agreed with the values associated. Comparing the results of three different student groups with variation in the degree of sustainability related studies, 
TI - Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Students' Perspectives on an Innovative Approach to Educational Change
JF - Journal of Social Sciences
DO - 10.3844/jssp.2011.13.23
DA - 2011-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/higher-education-for-sustainable-development-students-perspectives-on-sz84M0AuE4
DP - DeepDyve
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