Mathematics Applied to the Economy and Sustainable Development Goals: A Necessary Relationship of Dependence

• Published in: Education sciences Vol. 10; no. 11; pp. 339 - 350
• Main Authors: Lafuente-Lechuga, Matilde, Cifuentes-Faura, Javier, Faura-Martínez, Úrsula
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.11.2020
• Subjects: Assignments; Classrooms; College Instruction; College Students; Colleges & universities; Curricula; Economics; Economics Education; Educational Quality; Elementary School Teachers; Foreign Countries; Higher education; higher studies; International Programs; Learning; Malnutrition; Mathematics; Mathematics education; Mathematics Instruction; motivation; Optimization techniques; Primary Education; Problem Solving; Reflective teaching; Student Attitudes; Students; sustainability; Sustainable Development; Sustainable Development Goals; Teacher education; Teaching; Spain

Higher education must include training in sustainability to make all actors aware of the serious problems our planet is facing. Mathematics plays an important role in the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and at the same time these allow working with real situations in the subje...