The European University of Lefke (EUL) is located in Lefke, in North Cyprus, and was founded in 1990. EUL has 11 faculties, 7 schools, and an Institute of Graduate Studies and Research. EUL has more than 12,000 students and 120 full-time faculty members. EUL is committed to create sustainable university for students and local community, and has determined policies for the promotion of its pilot education strategy, Sustainab-LE-fke. This chapter presents the results from the 210 student responses. The main focus of the university is on the economic dimension which is the most addressed, followed by the environmental and economic ones. The ranking of the competences shows that critical thinking and analysis, interpersonal relations and collaboration, and systems thinking were ranked the highest. The ranking of the pedagogical approaches resulted in lecturing and project- or problem-based learning being ranked the highest. The three competences most competences developed by pedagogical approaches were critical thinking and analysis, communication and use of media, and inter-disciplinary work. The three pedagogical approaches that developed the most competences were traditional ecological knowledge, Community service learning, and eco-justice and community. The results show that EUL has achieved good balance between the dimensions in adopting sustainability and point to a need in increasing awareness for EUL faculty members and the students.

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Sustainability Competences and Pedagogical Approaches at the European University of Lefke

  • Sevket Bostanci

摘要

The European University of Lefke (EUL) is located in Lefke, in North Cyprus, and was founded in 1990. EUL has 11 faculties, 7 schools, and an Institute of Graduate Studies and Research. EUL has more than 12,000 students and 120 full-time faculty members. EUL is committed to create sustainable university for students and local community, and has determined policies for the promotion of its pilot education strategy, Sustainab-LE-fke. This chapter presents the results from the 210 student responses. The main focus of the university is on the economic dimension which is the most addressed, followed by the environmental and economic ones. The ranking of the competences shows that critical thinking and analysis, interpersonal relations and collaboration, and systems thinking were ranked the highest. The ranking of the pedagogical approaches resulted in lecturing and project- or problem-based learning being ranked the highest. The three competences most competences developed by pedagogical approaches were critical thinking and analysis, communication and use of media, and inter-disciplinary work. The three pedagogical approaches that developed the most competences were traditional ecological knowledge, Community service learning, and eco-justice and community. The results show that EUL has achieved good balance between the dimensions in adopting sustainability and point to a need in increasing awareness for EUL faculty members and the students.