Education for Sustainable Development in the Context of COVID-19: Case Study of a Higher Education Institution in China
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- 10.2991/978-2-494069-99-2_29How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Education for sustainable development; COVID-19; Scenario-thinking
- Abstract
With COVID-19 continuously afflicting people all over the world, economic, environmental, as well as societal crises arise. Among all the possible solutions, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) might be the most fundamental to deal with these crises and achieve sustainability in different fields. It aims to empower learners with knowledge, skills, values and attitudes to address growing sustainability challenges. Integrating ESD into current higher educational system might help to produce better decision-makers and more responsible change agents, and then help cope with unexpected situations like COVID-19. The study aims to explore more effective ways to integrate ESD into all process of teaching and learning in China’s higher education institutions, through case study of Chongqing Finance and Economics College (CFEC), China. A total of 153 undergraduates from finance, economics, business, and computer science programme were involved in this study. In addition, six teachers and ten students are interviewed privately online or offline. Focusing on ESD principles, taking all processes of education, and incorporating the current challenges mainly COVID-19 as part of the teaching content or scenario of students’ activities, the educators might develop a localized model of ESD.
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TY - CONF AU - Min Hu AU - Chooi Yi Wei AU - Yeok Meng Ngeow PY - 2023 DA - 2023/02/04 TI - Education for Sustainable Development in the Context of COVID-19: Case Study of a Higher Education Institution in China BT - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Business, Accounting, Finance and Economics (BAFE 2022) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 390 EP - 400 SN - 2352-5428 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-99-2_29 DO - 10.2991/978-2-494069-99-2_29 ID - Hu2023 ER -