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Impact of Engagement in Campus Sustainability Activities to Competency Development: Change Agents' Experiences and Perspectives

Universities today have increasingly introduced and integrated sustainability elements into their curriculum to nurture students into potential future leaders for sustainability. Although various types of pedagogies have been introduced for the development of sustainability competencies in students,...

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Main Authors: Noor, Muhamad Faisal Muhamad, Mamat, Mohd Zufri, Mohamad, Zeeda Fatimah
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Published: MDPI 2024
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Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/45526/
https://doi.org/10.3390/su16051780
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spelling my.um.eprints.455262024-10-28T02:17:29Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/45526/ Impact of Engagement in Campus Sustainability Activities to Competency Development: Change Agents' Experiences and Perspectives Noor, Muhamad Faisal Muhamad Mamat, Mohd Zufri Mohamad, Zeeda Fatimah Q Science (General) T Technology (General) Universities today have increasingly introduced and integrated sustainability elements into their curriculum to nurture students into potential future leaders for sustainability. Although various types of pedagogies have been introduced for the development of sustainability competencies in students, not many studies have investigated engagement in campus sustainability activities as a pedagogical tool. In that respect, this paper attempts to bridge the gap by investigating the potential of engagement as a pedagogical tool and how it can help in developing sustainability competencies in students. The investigation was conducted at three local universities in Malaysia, where purposive sampling was employed for the selection of data. This sampling technique is capable of carefully selecting respondents that are relevant to this investigation given the number of students involved in campus sustainability activities is small in comparison to the total student population. In-depth interviews were conducted with 21 students who have been identified from the purposive sampling and considered as the most active and proactive volunteers in their respective campus sustainability activities. Respondents shared their experiences where `interpersonal competency' was emphasised as the most developed and essential competency for them throughout their engagement. Another interesting finding is the importance of `passion'. Having a strong sense of enthusiasm for sustainability not only serves as a push factor that drives these students to put their efforts into achieving the objectives of the campus sustainability activities they are involved in but also acts as an important catalyst to the development of sustainability competencies as a whole. MDPI 2024-03 Article PeerReviewed Noor, Muhamad Faisal Muhamad and Mamat, Mohd Zufri and Mohamad, Zeeda Fatimah (2024) Impact of Engagement in Campus Sustainability Activities to Competency Development: Change Agents' Experiences and Perspectives. Sustainability, 16 (5). p. 1780. ISSN 2071-1050, DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/su16051780 <https://doi.org/10.3390/su16051780>. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16051780 10.3390/su16051780
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topic Q Science (General)
T Technology (General)
spellingShingle Q Science (General)
T Technology (General)
Noor, Muhamad Faisal Muhamad
Mamat, Mohd Zufri
Mohamad, Zeeda Fatimah
Impact of Engagement in Campus Sustainability Activities to Competency Development: Change Agents' Experiences and Perspectives
description Universities today have increasingly introduced and integrated sustainability elements into their curriculum to nurture students into potential future leaders for sustainability. Although various types of pedagogies have been introduced for the development of sustainability competencies in students, not many studies have investigated engagement in campus sustainability activities as a pedagogical tool. In that respect, this paper attempts to bridge the gap by investigating the potential of engagement as a pedagogical tool and how it can help in developing sustainability competencies in students. The investigation was conducted at three local universities in Malaysia, where purposive sampling was employed for the selection of data. This sampling technique is capable of carefully selecting respondents that are relevant to this investigation given the number of students involved in campus sustainability activities is small in comparison to the total student population. In-depth interviews were conducted with 21 students who have been identified from the purposive sampling and considered as the most active and proactive volunteers in their respective campus sustainability activities. Respondents shared their experiences where `interpersonal competency' was emphasised as the most developed and essential competency for them throughout their engagement. Another interesting finding is the importance of `passion'. Having a strong sense of enthusiasm for sustainability not only serves as a push factor that drives these students to put their efforts into achieving the objectives of the campus sustainability activities they are involved in but also acts as an important catalyst to the development of sustainability competencies as a whole.
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author Noor, Muhamad Faisal Muhamad
Mamat, Mohd Zufri
Mohamad, Zeeda Fatimah
author_facet Noor, Muhamad Faisal Muhamad
Mamat, Mohd Zufri
Mohamad, Zeeda Fatimah
author_sort Noor, Muhamad Faisal Muhamad
title Impact of Engagement in Campus Sustainability Activities to Competency Development: Change Agents' Experiences and Perspectives
title_short Impact of Engagement in Campus Sustainability Activities to Competency Development: Change Agents' Experiences and Perspectives
title_full Impact of Engagement in Campus Sustainability Activities to Competency Development: Change Agents' Experiences and Perspectives
title_fullStr Impact of Engagement in Campus Sustainability Activities to Competency Development: Change Agents' Experiences and Perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Impact of Engagement in Campus Sustainability Activities to Competency Development: Change Agents' Experiences and Perspectives
title_sort impact of engagement in campus sustainability activities to competency development: change agents' experiences and perspectives
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https://doi.org/10.3390/su16051780
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