Systematic Review of Education Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions

Chen Kim Lim (), Martin Shafiihuna Haufiku, Kian Lam Tan, Minhaz Farid Ahmed and Theam Foo Ng
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Chen Kim Lim: Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia
Martin Shafiihuna Haufiku: Department of Computing, Faculty of Arts, Computing and Creative Industry, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tanjung Malim 35900, Malaysia
Kian Lam Tan: School of Digital Technology, Wawasan Open University, 54, Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, George Town 10050, Malaysia
Minhaz Farid Ahmed: Institute for Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia
Theam Foo Ng: Centre for Global Sustainability Studies (CGSS), Level 5, Hamzah Sendut Library, Universiti Sains Malaysia, George Town 11800, Malaysia

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 20, 1-22

Abstract: It is vital to enforce the distinguished assimilation of sustainability entities in higher education (HE) and establish an academia-wide collective curriculum on sustainability in an efficient manner, in order to disseminate and stimulate thoughts with forthcoming generations. The remit of this paper is to document the available literature and map the research landscape into a coherent taxonomy. This research adds to the available literature; moreover, it could also aid in the community comprehension of education in sustainable development (ESD) implementation and/or integration into higher education institutions (HEIs). We perform an attentive search in relation to education sustainable development (ESD) in three relevant electronic databases, namely, Web of Science (WoS), ScienceDirect and IEEE Xplore. The result of the review is a taxonomy that includes 148 articles published between early 2014 and mid-2019 that were then categorized into six classes, namely, the accomplishment of SD, awareness and commitment, evaluation and commentary, structural transformation, course coordination and university management. Additionally, we acknowledge varied involvement from different levels of communities supporting and promoting education to achieve sustainable development (SD).

Keywords: education sustainable development (ESD); sustainable development (SD); sustainable education (SE); higher education institution/s (HEIs); Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); environmental education (EE) (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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