Measuring the impact of student knowledge exchange for sustainability: a systematic literature review and framework

Yakar-Pritchard, G, Mazhar, MU ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2749-6408, Domingues, AR and Bull, R ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4372-3589, 2024. Measuring the impact of student knowledge exchange for sustainability: a systematic literature review and framework. Cleaner Production Letters, 6: 100056. ISSN 2666-7916

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Abstract

Knowledge Exchange is a rapidly emerging phenomenon in the higher education sector. Nevertheless, it remains a niche area with limited studies examining the impact of knowledge exchange for sustainability on students. This research adopted a systematic literature review approach to review sustainability-oriented project-based learning and student knowledge exchange with a view to developing a framework to measure the impact of student knowledge exchange for sustainability. The literature review was based on 38 journal papers selected out of 3578 search results with an application of the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) flow chart methodology. A qualitative content analysis was used to identify and explore the main concepts and variables to evaluate the content of the articles selected by SLR. The results showed three main categories to be systematically measured to understand their impact: (i) capacity building, (ii) affective domain, and (iii) career readiness. Capacity building requires measuring students' sustainability knowledge, competence, and skill levels. The affective domain evaluates changes in students' perceptions, attitudes, and behaviours identified as affective learning outcomes for sustainability. Career readiness assesses a student's level of preparation for the workplace. These variables/constructs informed the development of a framework to measure the impact of student KE for sustainability in a systematic and comprehensive way. The proposed framework is the study's main contribution, supporting measuring the impact of student knowledge exchange for sustainability. It provides a way to address impact holistically and define what specific variables/constructors should be measured to quantify students' impact.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Cleaner Production Letters
Creators:	Yakar-Pritchard, G., Mazhar, M.U., Domingues, A.R. and Bull, R.
Publisher:	Elsevier
Date:	June 2024
Volume:	6
ISSN:	2666-7916
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.clpl.2024.100056 DOI S2666791624000022 Publisher Item Identifier 1867320 Other
Rights:	© 2024 the authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bync/4.0/).
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School Schools > School of Architecture, Design and the Built Environment
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	28 Feb 2024 14:08
Last Modified:	28 Feb 2024 14:08
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/50975

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