Education for sustainability in business schools by practicing social learning
Tóm tắt
The insertion of sustainability in business schools has been more relevant in the last decades. One of the purposes of education for sustainability (EfS) is to develop individuals with knowledge and skills to make decisions based on their environmental, social and economic context, through reflection and critical thinking, so that students are oriented toward action and change. Therefore, this paper emphasizes the need of collaboration between different actors on the teaching and learning process through Social Learning, as a theoretical perspective that considers socializing and learning as inseparable processes. Thus, the question that has oriented this research is “how can Social Learning, focusing on collaboration between different actors, contribute to effective EfS in business schools?” To answer this question, action research was conducted with a social project developed in a public high school, with children in high social vulnerability conditions, considering their interactions with two business schools in southern Brazil, in undergraduate and MBA courses. Through the integration of different socioeconomic realities, it was possible to analyze the construction of knowledge on issues related to sustainability and the transformation of those involved in the process of teaching and learning.
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