Empirical test on the knowledge that students of a first-year University course have about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Abstract

[EN] The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are part of an initiative promoted worldwide, by the United Nations Organization (UN), with the ultimate goal of achieving, with the participation of all citizens of the countries signatories of the agreement, turn our world into a sustainable environment that respects the environment, people and their circumstances. In line with the "2030 Agenda" that tries to implement measures of all kinds in relation to the SDGs, Universities have tried to adopt awareness mechanisms aimed at students and teachers, based on the conviction that the personal and professional activity of young people is what will mark the level of achievement of these SDGs in the near future. We present an empirical study, within the framework of an Educational Innovation and Improvement Project (PIME) of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), in which the initial knowledge has been evaluated, as well as the personal interest, that on the ODS have a group of first-year students of the Degree in Business Administration and Management (GADE). A first-year subject group of students has been chosen, thinking of that during the following courses they will acquire more training and awareness. A subject from GADE has been chosen because it is focused on training students on how to making strategic decisions in their professional activity