Co-Creation in Contextual Competences for Sustainability: Teaching for Sustainability, Student Interaction and Extracurricular Engagement

Shuyu Qi (), Mi Zhou, Qiutong Ma and Jing Pan
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Shuyu Qi: School of Higher Education, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, The Capital Research and Development Center for Engineering Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Mi Zhou: School of Higher Education, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, The Capital Research and Development Center for Engineering Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Qiutong Ma: School of Higher Education, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, The Capital Research and Development Center for Engineering Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
Jing Pan: School of Higher Education, Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, The Capital Research and Development Center for Engineering Education, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 21, 1-16

Abstract: Due to the need to achieve the sustainable development of society, the importance of sustainable development competences has reached unprecedented heights. This paper constructed an SEM model and considered the factors of contextual competence for sustainability from teaching, student interaction and extracurricular engagement, by conducting a questionnaire survey among 786 Chinese engineering undergraduates. The results indicated a significant and direct positive influence of teaching on contextual competences for sustainability. In addition, there is an indirect effect on contextual competence for sustainable development through student interaction and extracurricular engagement. An examination of the interlocking mediating effects of student inter-action and extracurricular engagement revealed that student interaction contributes to the development of students’ contextual competence for sustainable development through its positive influence on extracurricular engagement. This paper provides a reference for the cultivation of contextual competences for sustainability from both theoretical and practical perspectives.

Keywords: sustainability development; contextual competences; teaching for sustainability; student interaction; extracurricular engagement; SEM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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