Title:
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Multicultural constructive community learning course for education in sustainable development applying backcasting
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Author:
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Segalàs Coral, Jordi; Tejedor Papell, Gemma
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Other authors:
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Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Mecànica de Fluids; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut Universitari de Recerca en Ciència i Tecnologies de la Sostenibilitat; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. STH - Sostenibilitat, Tecnologia i Humanisme |
Abstract:
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The International Seminar on Sustainable Technology Innovation is a course
offered in the framework of the master of Sustainability of the UPC-Barcelona
Tech University and financed by the ERASMUS Intensive Program scheme. It
introduces backcasting scenarios methodology in real sustainability problems.
The learning environment is international, transdisciplinary, intergenerational
and intercultural. It includes stakeholders’ dialogues and discussions. The course
is organized around current sustainability relevant topics that are analysed in
study cases based in different contexts: going from developed to developing countries and from local to global cases. Students apply scenario methodologies
to the study cases in order to set up the most contextualized sustainable
strategies. The course is structured in four phases: first the local situation
analysis where students analyse the topic in their own countries/regions; then
students are grouped in international multidisciplinary teams and define the state
of the art of the case studies; afterwards students, lecturers and stakeholders meet
in Barcelona where the course is run for two weeks and finally students analyse
their learning experience in terms of competences acquisition. The topics
analysed in the course vary each year and are related to relevant sustainability
challenges: urban solid waste management; food and drinks packaging waste;
overfishing and marine ecosystem degradation; sustainable mobility, agroecology
and sustainable community energy systems. In 2014 UPC Barcelona
Tech is running the course for the seventh time and so far more than 170 students, 40 lecturers and 60 stakeholders have participated in the course from
39 countries. This paper explains the learning environment and the challenges
and lessons learnt when organizing such a course, and the learning results
obtained by students. |
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Peer Reviewed |
Subject(s):
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-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Desenvolupament sostenible::Educació, valors i sostenibilitat -Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Desenvolupament humà i sostenible::Desenvolupament sostenible::Tecnociència i sostenibilitat -Sustainability -Sustainable development -Constructivism (Education) -Transdisciplinary studies -Engineering education -Sustainability -Backcasting -Transdisciplinarity learning -Education for sustainability -Community learning -Constructivism -Desenvolupament sostenible -- Ensenyament universitari -Constructivisme (Educació) |
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Article - Published version Book Part |
Published by:
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Springer International Publishing Switzerland
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