Abstract
Global challenges such as climate change, decreasing natural resource and environmental pollution become major threats to global society now. Transformation toward sustainability should be promoted in practices. Universities and higher education (HE) plays an essential role in shaping the individual way of thinking and acting to become sustainability change-maker. This research aimed to study about students perception towards implementation of Green Chemistry Course in undergraduate program of Chemistry Education Study Program, Sanata Dharma University. Through the implementation of green chemistry course, it is expected to promote sustainability to prospective teachers. Findings from this research indicated positive perception towards Green Chemistry Course in terms of students awareness of environmental issues and implementation of principles of green chemistry in life.DOI: doi.org/10.24071/ijiet.2019.030107
Highlights
Global society nowadays faced global challenges such as climate change, decreasing natural resource and environmental pollution
This study showed positive perception towards Green Chemistry Course to promote sustainability in higher education (HE) in terms of student’s awareness of environmental issues and implementation of principles of green chemistry in life
The results indicate that Green Chemistry Course can stimulate toward positive change in students’ way of thinking and acting in the present and in the future as the member of society
Summary
Global society nowadays faced global challenges such as climate change, decreasing natural resource and environmental pollution. There is a need in the movement toward more sustainable practices. Sustainability development refers to the development which can meet people’s needs in the present without ignoring the needs of future generations (Eilks & Rauch, 2012). Implementation of sustainable development does not involve only one particular area but several areas in our daily life including education. It is believed that education has an essential role in achieving sustainable development. Education for sustainable development has always been promoted by UNESCO. Since 1992, UNESCO has been actively promoting Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) and through program UN Decade for ESD from 2005 to 2014. Follow up program include Global Action Program (GAP) on ESD (UNESCO, 2011, 2017)
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