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Relevance of Sustainable Knowledge and Environmental, Social and Economic Attitudes on the Sustainable Behaviour of Engineering Students: An Analysis Based on Attitudes Towards Teachers
Colón-Flores, N.J.; Vargas-Martínez, M.R.; Tavarez-De Henríquez, J.C.; Domínguez-Valerio, C.M. Environmental, Social and Economic Attitudes and Sustainable Knowledge on the Sustainable Behaviour of Engineering Students: An Analysis Based on Attitudes towards Teachers. Sustainability2023, 15, 13537.
Colón-Flores, N.J.; Vargas-Martínez, M.R.; Tavarez-De Henríquez, J.C.; Domínguez-Valerio, C.M. Environmental, Social and Economic Attitudes and Sustainable Knowledge on the Sustainable Behaviour of Engineering Students: An Analysis Based on Attitudes towards Teachers. Sustainability 2023, 15, 13537.
Colón-Flores, N.J.; Vargas-Martínez, M.R.; Tavarez-De Henríquez, J.C.; Domínguez-Valerio, C.M. Environmental, Social and Economic Attitudes and Sustainable Knowledge on the Sustainable Behaviour of Engineering Students: An Analysis Based on Attitudes towards Teachers. Sustainability2023, 15, 13537.
Colón-Flores, N.J.; Vargas-Martínez, M.R.; Tavarez-De Henríquez, J.C.; Domínguez-Valerio, C.M. Environmental, Social and Economic Attitudes and Sustainable Knowledge on the Sustainable Behaviour of Engineering Students: An Analysis Based on Attitudes towards Teachers. Sustainability 2023, 15, 13537.
Abstract
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is crucial in higher education, providing students with the knowledge, skills, and values necessary for a sustainable future. ESD seeks a holistic understanding of sustainability and promotes critical thinking and innovative approaches. Specifically, ESD is very important to address in engineering careers, as engineers will need to establish sustainable solutions in the future. For this reason, the integration of sustainability into university curricula has been studied for some time. In this way, this research analyses the perceptions (attitudes towards teachers; knowledge about sustainable development; environmental, economic and social attitudes; sustainable behaviours) that engineering students in the Dominican Republic have towards sustainable development. 626 questionnaires completed by engineering students were obtained. Subsequently, the data was analysed in SPSS and PLS-SEM. The results showed that attitudes towards teachers have an impact on engineering students' knowledge of sustainable development. In turn, the results also showed that knowledge about sustainable development influences both attitudes (economic, social and environmental) and sustainable behaviours of engineering students. Contrary to other research, this study suggested that economic attitudes are not identified as an antecedent of sustainable behaviours among engineering students. From these results, implications and future lines of research are generated.
Keywords
Sustainable knowledge; attitudes; sustainable behaviour; attitudes towards teachers; university
Subject
Engineering, Other
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