RT Journal Article
T1 The Anthropocene and the Sustainable Development Goals: key elements in Geography higher education?
T2 El Antropoceno y los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible: ¿elementos clave en la enseñanza superior de la Geografía?
A1 Martínez Hernández, Carlos
A1 Mínguez García, María del Carmen
AB Purpose – The current “Anthropocene” epoch has witnessed an imbalanced global change, but it is an opportunity to design a better and sustainable future. Sustainability criteria need to be fully implemented in political institutions, companies and universities. Moreover, sustainable pedagogies must accompany the process in terms of students’ professional competences to overcome crisis situations. This paper aims to evaluate geography degrees in Spain to corroborate whether students and teachers consider that students are prepared to address the challenges of global change. Design/methodology/approach – The research is focused on the sustainable development goals (SDGs), a clear and easily identifiable framework for society that reflects the principles of the UN 2030 Agenda. A statistically validated questionnaire answered by 319 respondents has been used. Data analysis with descriptive and inferential techniques was performed. Findings – The results show that geography degrees do not meet the needs of students, for whom career opportunities will be related to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda; there are significant gaps between the perception of teachers and students; some geographical topics are undervalued; SDGs are more present in optional subjects; and there is a need to “sustain” the curriculum, following this highly valued framework.Originality/value – Geography educative programs had scarcely been empirically evaluated to check a sustainability framework implementation. This research provides innovative and unprecedented self-assessment results from higher education agents, in an empirical and statistically validated way.
PB Emeral
SN 1467-6370
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/65322
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/65322
LA eng
NO Martínez-Hernández, Carlos, y Carmen Mínguez. «The Anthropocene and the Sustainable Development Goals: Key Elements in Geography Higher Education?» International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, vol. 24, n.o 7, noviembre de 2023, pp. 1648-67. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSHE-09-2022-0316.
NO Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 6 abr 2025