Table 5.

Differences in the perceived directions in individual students’ justifications (n = 54) between the four dimensions of sustainability (ecological, social, cultural and economic)

Most prominent directionSame category throughoutCategory distributiona 3/1Category distributionb 2/1/1Category distributionc 2/2
From small to large115 
From large to small71610
No direction121
From large to smallNo direction 5
From large to smallFrom small to large3
From small to largeNo direction2

Notes:

a3/1 signifies that responses in three dimensions were justified using the most prominent direction and in one dimension with some other direction; b2/1/1 signifies that responses in two dimensions were justified using the most prominent direction and two other dimensions with two different directions; c2/2 signifies that responses in two dimensions were justified using the same direction and the other two with some other direction

Source: Authors’ own work

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