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Looking for Synergies: Education for Sustainable Development and the Bologna Process
- Source :
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Journal of Education for Sustainable Development . Mar 2012 6(1):91-100. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- In defining quality of higher education, competences achieved by graduates are interpreted as essential criteria. There are two political processes in education dealing, among other issues, with competence development: the Bologna Process in European Higher Education Area and a global process--the United Nations (UN) Decade (2005-2014) of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). This article presents the desired learning outcomes and the strategic principles for achieving them based on both the Bologna-2020 action lines and the UNECE Strategy for ESD as the regional strategy for the UN Decade. A possible interplay and synergy between these processes could bring a new insight to the development of the quality assurance concept within the Bologna Process. Key principles of ESD such as a value-orientation, a holistic approach, reflexivity and achieving transformation provide a learning philosophy and a strategy relevant to emerging qualities of the postmodern society. (Contains 1 table.)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0973-4082
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- ERIC
- Journal :
- Journal of Education for Sustainable Development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- EJ964581
- Document Type :
- Journal Articles<br />Opinion Papers
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/097340821100600115