Embedding Sustainability in the Economics Degree of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Murcia: A Methodological Approach

Lourdes Molera, Eugenio José Sánchez-Alcázar, Úrsula Faura-Martínez, Matilde Lafuente-Lechuga, Juan Vicente Llinares, Joaquín Longinos Marín-Rives, Pedro Juan Martín-Castejón, María Carmen Puigcerver-Peñalver and María C. Sánchez-Antón
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Lourdes Molera: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Eugenio José Sánchez-Alcázar: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Úrsula Faura-Martínez: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Matilde Lafuente-Lechuga: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Joaquín Longinos Marín-Rives: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Pedro Juan Martín-Castejón: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
María Carmen Puigcerver-Peñalver: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
María C. Sánchez-Antón: Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
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Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 16, 1-19

Abstract: Education has been traditionally considered as a means to promote and disseminate sustainable development through the reorientation of the curriculum towards sustainability at all levels of the educational system. Higher Education Institutions take a leading role in this process. However, they face several limitations, including their lack of training in the topic, which is complex and difficult to fit into disciplines to begin with. This paper presents the experience of the Working Group on Curricular Sustainability of the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Murcia (Spain), carried out within the framework of a pilot project of teaching innovation whose objective was the incorporation of sustainability in the Degree in Economics. In doing so, a Sustainability Competency Map was drawn up and open educational resources that enable students to acquire these competencies were developed.

Keywords: sustainability; higher education; open educational resources; competencies in sustainability; sustainable development goals; sustainability competency map; education for sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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