A New Curriculum for Sustainable Fashion at Textile Universities in Europe – Preliminary Results of the European Project Fashion Diet

Abstract:

The strong demand for a transformation of the textile and fashion industry towards sustainability requires a continuous implementation of the guiding principle of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in education and industry [1, 2]. In a first step of the European research project "Sustainable fashion curriculum at textile Universities in Europe - Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Teaching Module for Educators" (Fashion DIET) a continuing education module shall be created to implement ESD as a guiding principle in university teaching. The research-based teaching and learning materials are delivered through an e-learning portal.

• Periodical: Advances in Science and Technology (Volume 113)
• Pages: 209-215
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-963ztt
• Online since: July 2022
• Authors: Mirela Blaga*, Anne Marie Grundmeier, Dirk Höfer, Zlatina Kazlacheva, Deniz Köksal, Jochen Strähle, Zlatin Zlatev
• Keywords: E-Learning, ESD Module, Guiding Principle, Web-Based Tool

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