Inventory and Analysis of Environmental Sustainability Education in the Degrees of the University of Alcalá (Spain)

Emilio Chuvieco, Javier Carrillo-Hermosilla, Montserrat López-Mújica, Eva Campo-López, Ximena Angélica Lazo-Vitoria, Javier Macias-Guarasa, Alice Luminita Petre-Bujan, José Antonio Perdigón-Melón, Jesús Guardiola-Soler and María Jesús Salado-García
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Emilio Chuvieco: Universidad de Alcalá, Department of Geology, Geography and Environment Science, C/Colegios, 2, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Javier Carrillo-Hermosilla: Universidad de Alcalá, Department of Economics and Business, Plaza de la Victoria 2, 28802 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Montserrat López-Mújica: Universidad de Alcalá, Department of Modern Philology, Edificio Multidepartamental, C/Cifuentes, 28, 19001 Guadalajara, Spain
Eva Campo-López: Universidad de Alcalá, Department of Life Sciences, Edificio de Ciencias, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona Km 36, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Ximena Angélica Lazo-Vitoria: Universidad de Alcalá, Department of Legal Sciences, C/Libreros, 27, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Javier Macias-Guarasa: Universidad de Alcalá, Department of Electronics, Edificio Politécnico, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona Km 33,600, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Alice Luminita Petre-Bujan: Universidad de Alcalá, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Edificio Polivalente, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona Km 33,600, 28802 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
José Antonio Perdigón-Melón: Universidad de Alcalá, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Edificio Polivalente, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona Km 33,600, 28802 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
Jesús Guardiola-Soler: Universidad de Alcalá, Department of Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Edificio Polivalente, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona Km 33,600, 28802 Alcalá de Henares, Spain
María Jesús Salado-García: Universidad de Alcalá, Department of Geology, Geography and Environment Science, C/Colegios, 2, 28801 Alcalá de Henares, Spain

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 14, 1-12

Abstract: In order to promote education in environmental sustainability at higher education institutions and establish action priorities, a detailed analysis of the initial situation is needed, both in terms of courses offered and teaching and assessment strategies implemented. This article presents a methodology that can be used to standardize the evaluation of teaching in environmental sustainability at different universities. We exemplify its application at the University of Alcalá, located in Central Spain. The inventory was conducted using in-house software development for the extraction of environmental sustainability concepts in the degree courses’ syllabi, completed with a survey to faculty members and a manual review to confirm its adjustment to environmental issues. Those finally selected were analyzed in depth. The main results indicate that currently, only a small part of the courses (5.5%) offered at the University explicitly include environmental sustainability content. The grades that concentrate most of the courses are those of Environmental Sciences, Biology, Economics, Tourism and Pharmacy, with very low occurrence in the grades of Education and Health Sciences. It is concluded that further institutional commitment is needed in the definition of medium-term strategies to guide the training and dissemination efforts in order to promote sound environmental education in university courses.

Keywords: higher education; education for sustainable development; degrees; syllabi; University of Alcalá (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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