Transforming Education
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?
–> Because this was not the case we deducted the Tripartite Structure of Sustainability from Research
Research Question 2
Does the Tripartite Structure of Sustainability (TSS) help to answer the question of who acts sustainable and ethically?
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.
Video Abstract explaining main results
Teaser for the Conference Presentation ECER 2021
Poster 1: Sustainable Action and Self-Transcendent Focus
ESRI-Conference 2023 (Italy)
Paper 1: The Tripartite Structure of Sustainability: A New Educational Approach to Bridge the Gap to Wise and Sustainable Action (Meyer)
doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/su16093622
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)
Preprint: DOI: 10.20944/preprints202403.1076.v1
doi: 10.3390/su16093622
Published in Sustainability
To be downloaded here: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/16/9/3622/pdf?version=1714120030
The Tripartite Structure of Sustainability
Tripartite Structure of Sustainability 2.0 by Barbara Meyer is licensed under CC BY 4.0
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Co-Researcher
Dr. Elena Gaertner
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitiät München
Christian Elting
University of Bamberg
