Open AccessAdvances on Sustainable Development in Higher Education
Author(s) -
Nídia S. Caetano,
Carlos Felgueiras
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the scientific repository of the polytechnic institute of porto (polytechnic institute of porto)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.1145/3284179.3284264
Subject(s) - task (project management) , sustainable development , space (punctuation) , computer science , knowledge management , feature (linguistics) , process management , business , political science , engineering , systems engineering , philosophy , operating system , linguistics , law
Sustainable development has been linked to the ecological, economic and social dimensions, and it appears from the outset that it is a complex task to include several very different aspects while planning and projecting. This multi-dimensional feature migrates to education sustainable development that is, as expected, a complex task. Traditional education based on specialization of subjects and unidirectionality of strategies has often proved to be insufficient. The present Track intends to be a space of debate of the challenges posed to Higher Education professionals as strategic partners for the development of different mindsets, able to tackle the real problems.
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