The purpose of this paper is to examine university students’ attitudes towards the concept of sustainable development and towards the need for the implementation of education for sustainable development into the higher education system. To that end, the paper explores in a process-oriented focus which drivers and barriers are experienced as being the most important ones and how they relate to one another.,The study is based on the questionnaire for the evaluation of attitudes towards the concept of sustainable development. This instrument consists of 9 batteries with 83 items presented in the form of the five-point Likert scale. The questionnaire evaluated different aspects of respondents’ attitudes towards the concept of sustainable development, but students’ attitudes in relation to the items from the following subscales will be presented for this paper: understanding the concept of sustainable development, position of sustainable development in the system of higher education, sources of information about sustainable development and entities responsible for sustainable development. The study sample consisted of students from the University of Novi Sad, specifically from the faculties with accredited programs in the field of humanities and technological sciences.,In general, students recognized the main determinants of sustainable development and they support an integral approach to sustainability, i.e. the need to include the knowledge, values and skills for sustainable development in the higher education programs. In addition, they identified a number of obstacles and the uncertainties of overcoming them. In this regard, the students did not recognize the responsibility of the higher education institutions as the key responsibility or their own responsibility in relation to sustainable development, which can be related to their feeling of marginalization and the doubt that their behaviour and decisions can influence the development of the local society, as well as the development of the society as a whole. On the other hand, the respondents acknowledged the role, the importance and the responsibility of the mass media in the process of developing the attitudes towards and opinions about the problems related to environmental protection and sustainable development.,The results of the study indicate the students’ attitudes towards sustainable development, thus making the directions for higher education reform clearer and in line with the present needs for sustainable development in Serbia. The obtained results can serve as a recommendation to the governing structures, i.e. to the relevant ministries of education and environmental protection, as well as to the universities in terms of which direction their process of planning and creating paths of sustainability should take. This is particularly important in the case of the Republic of Serbia, which is currently in the process of joining the European Union and responding to the requirements set by the process of negotiation for Chapter 27 in terms of improving the strategic framework and plans for the education for sustainable development and building the capacities in response to climate change. On the other hand, linking the results of this research with the results of similar studies around the world contributes to the further enrichment of the scientific knowledge base in this field and confirms the need for stronger and united efforts on the path to a sustainable future. It is a fact that, regardless of the national, economic, socio-political and cultural context, there is a global lack of success in shaping a humane and sustainable relationship between man and nature. Therefore, the results of this research should be considered as an invitation for new research initiatives regarding the ways to support the positive attitudes of students towards the concept of sustainable development and to facilitate their further development in the educational process, as well as in other academic domains.,This research is inspired by the fact that, in the Balkan countries, education for sustainable development has not been extensively discussed within the scientific discourse on higher education for sustainable development. This is one of the first papers to provide data about students’ attitudes towards the concept of sustainable development and the need for its implementation in the higher education system in Serbia. The value of the paper lies in its potential to help understand the role that different drivers and barriers play in higher education for sustainable development.

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学生对塞尔维亚可持续发展的态度

本文的目的是检验大学生对可持续发展概念的看法以及对高等教育体系实施可持续发展教育的需求的态度。为此，本文以过程为导向，重点探讨了哪些驱动因素和障碍是最重要的因素，以及它们之间如何相互联系。本研究基于问卷调查，用于评估对概念的态度。可持续发展。该仪器由9个电池组成，其中83个项目以五点李克特量表的形式显示。问卷调查表评估了受访者对可持续发展概念的不同方面，但是本文将介绍以下子量表中学生对项目的态度：理解可持续发展的概念，可持续发展在高等教育系统中的地位，有关可持续发展的信息源以及负责可持续发展的实体。研究样本包括来自诺维萨德大学的学生，特别是来自人文和技术科学领域认可计划的学院的学生。总体而言，学生们认识到可持续发展的主要决定因素，他们支持可持续发展的整体方法，也就是说，需要在高等教育计划中纳入可持续发展的知识，价值观和技能。此外，他们确定了许多障碍以及克服这些障碍的不确定性。在这方面，学生没有意识到高等教育机构的责任是与可持续发展相关的主要责任或自身责任，这可能与他们被边缘化的感觉以及对他们的行为和决定是否会影响社会责任的怀疑有关。地方社会的发展，以及整个社会的发展。另一方面，受访者承认大众媒体在发展对环境保护和可持续发展相关问题的态度和观点的过程中的作用，重要性和责任。研究结果表明学生对可持续发展的态度，因此，使高等教育改革的方向更加明确，并符合塞尔维亚目前对可持续发展的需求。所获得的结果可以作为对管理机构，即有关教育和环境保护部以及大学的建议，以指导其规划和创造可持续发展道路的方向。对于塞尔维亚共和国而言，这一点尤其重要，塞尔维亚共和国目前正在加入欧洲联盟，并对第二十七章的谈判过程中确定的要求作出改进，以改善教育的战略框架和计划。促进可持续发展和建设应对气候变化的能力。另一方面，将这项研究的结果与世界各地类似研究的结果联系起来，有助于进一步丰富该领域的科学知识基础，并确认有必要在实现可持续未来的道路上进行更强有力的统一努力。事实是，无论国家，经济，社会政治和文化背景如何，在塑造人与自然之间的人道和可持续关系方面，全球都缺乏成功。因此，本研究的结果应被视为是有关采取新的研究计划的邀请，这些新方法旨在支持学生对可持续发展概念的积极态度，并促进他们在教育过程以及其他学术领域的进一步发展。领域。这项研究受到以下事实的启发：在巴尔干国家，关于高等教育促进可持续发展的科学论述并未对可持续发展教育进行广泛讨论。这是提供有关学生对可持续发展概念的态度及其在塞尔维亚高等教育体系中实施的必要性的数据的第一批论文之一。该论文的价值在于它有潜力帮助理解可持续发展的高等教育中不同驱动因素和障碍的作用。这是提供有关学生对可持续发展概念的态度及其在塞尔维亚高等教育系统中实施的必要性的数据的第一批论文之一。该论文的价值在于它有潜力帮助理解可持续发展的高等教育中不同驱动因素和障碍的作用。这是提供有关学生对可持续发展概念的态度及其在塞尔维亚高等教育体系中实施的必要性的数据的第一批论文之一。该论文的价值在于它有潜力帮助理解可持续发展的高等教育中不同驱动因素和障碍的作用。