Transforming Education

The Tripartite Structure of Sustainability

Research Question 1

Is there a single evidence-based model on the inner-outer gap that explains enough on the gap to build on it for education?

--> As this was not the case we deducted the Tripartite Structure of Sustainability from Research

Research Question 2

Is the Tripartite Structure of Sustainability (TSS) able to predict whether people act sustainable?

Outcome

84 factors collected in a systematic literature review and categorized into the TSS supported the model and showed that a focus on the self reinforced the inner-outer gap, a social focus reinforced or bridged the gap depending on the actions of the social environment, a self-transcendent focus bridges the gap.

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Paper 1: The Tripartite Structure of Sustainability: A New Educational Approach to Bridge the Gap to Wise and Sustainable Action (Meyer)

Published in
Frontiers in Education
To be downloaded here: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1224303/full

Paper 2: Educating Towards a New Paradigm in Sustainabilty.
A Systematic Literature Review Testing the Contribution of the Tripartite Structure of Sustainability (Meyer, Gaertner, Elting)

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Sustainability

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DOI: 10.20944/preprints202403.1076.v1

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Co-Researcher

Dr. Elena Gaertner

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich

Christian Elting

University of Bamberg