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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Volume 20, Issue 8, Pages 1313-1328Publisher
EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1108/IJSHE-10-2018-0198
Keywords
Interdisciplinary; Sustainable Development Goals; Research-Based Education for Sustainable Development; Vertically Integrated Projects; Novel teaching pedagogy; Research-based teaching and learning
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Purpose This paper aims to share the University of Strathclyde's experience of embedding research-based education for sustainable development (RBESD) within its undergraduate curricula through the use of an innovative pedagogy called Vertically Integrated Projects (VIP), originated at Georgia Institute of Technology. Design/methodology/approach This paper discusses how aligning VIP with the SDG framework presents a powerful means of combining both research-based education (RBE) and education for sustainable development (ESD), and in effect embedding RBESD in undergraduate curricula. Findings The paper reports on the University of Strathclyde's practice and experience of establishing their VIP for Sustainable Development programme and presents a reflective account of the challenges faced in the programme implementation and those envisaged as the programme scales up across a higher education institution (HEI). Originality/value The alignment of VIP with the SDG research area is novel, with no other FE institutions currently using this approach to embed SDG research-based teaching within their curricula. Furthermore, the interdisciplinary feature of the VIP programme, which is critical for SDG research, is a Strathclyde enhancement of the original model.
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