Scientific Bulletin of UNFU | 2019
Сталий університет: модель системної інтеграції принципів сталого розвитку в усі сфери діяльності
Abstract
The worldview and general methodological preconditions for greening educational activity of universities on the basis of the concept of human capital for sustainable development are analyzed using retrospective and content analysis. The purpose of greening educational activity is to educate new generation with the holistic vision of the real world, the essential feeling of responsibility and active social behaviour as a pioneer of sustainability transformations. The article presents the functional model of sustainable development civilization, which harmoniously combines the political-legal, economic and ecological subsystems. The second model presented in the article is the model of a family as the subject of the formation and accumulation of human capital. These two models substantiate the role of human capital in achieving sustainable development goals. The economic discourse of education for sustainable development and modern tendencies of education systems development are proposed. The methodological and didactic aspects of greening educational activity of universities on the basis of the competence approach are discussed. The theoretical and methodological features of greening different elements of the system for training professionals on the basis of the concept of human capital for sustainable development are proposed. The concept of social responsibility of the university has been analysed. The place of universities in the UNECE Strategy implementation is designated. The world experiences of the transition to university sustainability have been studied. The role of the whole school approach in shaping the modern education discourse for sustainable development is substantiated. This approach determines the efficiency of education, and induces changes in professional and everyday behaviour as well. The preconditions for systemic and holistic integration of the sustainability principles into all spheres of the university activity are determined. Particular attention is paid to the experience of Ukrainian National Forestry University as the representative of the formation and implementation of the model of the coherent concept of higher education greening.