A Case Study on the Social Responsibility Practice of Sustainable Development Education Implementation between the University and Elementary School

This study takes universities and the elementary school as the research field. Through the social practice process of university service learning, it understands the challenges faced by university students in the development and practice of SDGs courses in the case school, and then proposes the theory and practice of higher education on SDGs issues.

This research through interviews and relevant data from university students and the case school teachers to analyze the results of SDGs social responsibility in university service learning. Accordingly, this study integrates university and the case elementary school learning environments, conducts cross-domain cooperation among students from different departments of SDGs through university general courses, and makes university courses a platform for knowledge co-creation to explore and solve SDGs issues in real situations. In terms of university curriculum design, college students should be more courageous to explore SDGs issues and cultivate students' innovative abilities. This study guides university students to communicate, coordinate and discuss, and promotes students' independent learning and teamwork.

After nearly one semester (three months) of preparation, the university social responsibility practice of service learning was implemented in the case school. Each group of students shared the SDGs curriculum to help students make good use of basic knowledge and core knowledge and integrate them. University students developed SDGs teaching plans in the case elementary school. The researchers used ORID (objective, reflective. interpretive and decision) thinking strategy to help university students design courses that are in line with elementary school students’ thinking or implementation. Finally, this research echoes the issue of young people’s participation in SDGs social practice. It was very fruitful and effective with constructive youth engagement between the university and the case elementary school practice discussion, planning, and interaction.