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Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Support of Strategic Sustainable Development
Blekinge Institute of Technology, School of Engineering.
Blekinge Institute of Technology, School of Engineering.
Blekinge Institute of Technology, School of Engineering.
2011 (English)Independent thesis Advanced level (degree of Master (One Year))Student thesis
Abstract [en]

This thesis looks at how Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) be carried out to help society move towards sustainability. It starts by introducing the reader into the essential concepts about Strategic Sustainable Development (SSD), Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), TVET, and the barriers to integrating ESD into TVET. It also provides information about the case study conducted in a TVET organization in Ireland which is integrating ESD into TVET. The thesis presents the key aspects that TVET organization need to have in order to successfully support SSD and it also provides a definition of success which is developing a workforce skilled for sustainability where sustainability is defined by the four sustainability principles. After presenting the key aspects, it looks at the strengths and weaknesses, in the lens of the key aspects, of the case study and three other TVET organizations. It later provides with recommendations based on the challenges found integrating ESD into TVET and the presented key aspects in order for TVET organizations to reach the vision of success.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2011. , p. 105
Keywords [en]
education for sustainability, technical and vocational education and training, pedagogical approaches for sustainability, ESD, DESD, TVET, VET, vocational education, TVET organizations, TVET for sustainability, green skills, sustainability skills, green jobs, green works, strategic sustainable development
National Category
Social Sciences Interdisciplinary Other Social Sciences not elsewhere specified Pedagogy
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:bth-5351Local ID: oai:bth.se:arkivex48E6C957CABCA9DBC12578AA004CFC7DOAI: oai:DiVA.org:bth-5351DiVA, id: diva2:832727
Educational program
SLASL (Master programme in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability
Uppsok
Humanities, Theology
Supervisors
Note

Telma Gomes - phone: 0736280415 - tegomes@uol.com.br Victor Samuel Brizuela - samworks@gmail.com Chen Chen Gu -guchenchen880309@163.com,

Available from: 2015-04-22 Created: 2011-06-09 Last updated: 2018-01-11Bibliographically approved

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