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Environmental Education for Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions: Design of an Instrument for Its Evaluation

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  • María Delfina Luna-Krauletz

    (Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Sostenible, Centro Universitario CIFE, Cuernavaca 62140, Mexico
    Instituto de Estudios Ambientales, Universidad de la Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca 68725, Mexico)

  • Luis Gibran Juárez-Hernández

    (Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Sostenible, Centro Universitario CIFE, Cuernavaca 62140, Mexico)

  • Ricardo Clark-Tapia

    (Instituto de Estudios Ambientales, Universidad de la Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca 68725, Mexico)

  • Shafía Teresa Súcar-Súccar

    (División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato 36050, Mexico)

  • Cecilia Alfonso-Corrado

    (Instituto de Estudios Ambientales, Universidad de la Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca 68725, Mexico)

Abstract

Higher Education Institutions (HEI) play a fundamental role in the transition towards Environmental Education for Sustainability (EES). As a consequence, one of the most critical challenges is the need to know their level of incorporation into the environmental agenda. Therefore, an instrument was made and validated to determine the level of incorporation of Environmental Education for Sustainability into the environmental agenda of HEIs. For its construction, the dimensions of Institutional Identity, Teaching, Research, Extension/dissemination, and Linkage were considered, relying on a total of 17 items. Its validation was carried out through an expert review and expert judgment, and a pilot test was carried out to adapt it to the target population. The main result was an instrument that integrates the substantive and procedural functions of HEIs. Following the expert review, the instrument was improved according to their suggestions. The expert judgment showed an adequate content validity (Aiken’s V > 0.80; LL > 0.60). The pilot test also suggested that the understanding of instructions and items was adequate with an optimal value of internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha of 0.862). An instrument that determines the level of incorporation of the EES in the substantive and procedural functions of HEIs is presented, valid in content, and with adequate levels of clarity and understanding of the target population.

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  • María Delfina Luna-Krauletz & Luis Gibran Juárez-Hernández & Ricardo Clark-Tapia & Shafía Teresa Súcar-Súccar & Cecilia Alfonso-Corrado, 2021. "Environmental Education for Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions: Design of an Instrument for Its Evaluation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-11, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:13:p:7129-:d:581881
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