Higher Education Curriculum for Sustainability: Course Contents Analyses of Purchasing and Supply Management Programme of Polytechnics in Ghana

Autor/inn/en	Etse, Daniel; Ingley, Coral
Titel	Higher Education Curriculum for Sustainability: Course Contents Analyses of Purchasing and Supply Management Programme of Polytechnics in Ghana
Quelle	In: International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 17 (2016) 2, S.269-280 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1467-6370
DOI	10.1108/IJSHE-07-2015-0121
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Higher Education; Curriculum Development; Sustainability; Academic Degrees; Academic Achievement; Documentation; Social Justice; Economics; College Curriculum; Research Methodology; Course Content; Content Analysis; Ghana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Curriculum; Development; Curriculumentwicklung; Lehrplan; Entwicklung; Nachhaltigkeit; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Schulleistung; Dokumentation; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Kursprogramm; Inhaltsanalyse
Abstract	Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine the degree of attention to and the nature of sustainability issues in the curriculum of the Higher National Diploma (HND) Purchasing and Supply Management programme of Ghana. Design/Methodology/Approach: Documentary research is the approach used to analyse the curriculum document for the programme of study. Findings: Findings of this study reveal a low presence of sustainability in the curriculum, and most of the sustainability sub-topics address issues of social justice, while economic sustainability issues feature the least. Practical Implications: Deliberate and greater efforts should be made to integrate sustainability in the curriculum; all three dimensions of sustainability need to be well represented in the teaching and learning experiences; and there should be training and sensitisation of all relevant stakeholders in issues of sustainability. Originality/Value: This study provides an analysis of a higher education curriculum in terms of attention given to sustainability and the nature of sustainability issues addressed therein. It sets the research agenda for the study of curricula of other programmes for sustainability, as research literature on higher education curricula for sustainability in Africa, especially Ghana, is scarce ("GUNi et al.," 2011). (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01