20.500.12556/DiRROS-29412 The role of scientific empathy and learning preferences in shaping innovative and sustainable learning in European higher education Understanding learning preferences and empathetic needs remains a key challenge in developing aligned learning strategies in higher education, particularly within science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. The study explores how learning content can address diverse cognitive, metacognitive, and emotional student preferences. It assumes that integrating students’ learning preferences can improve the alignment of learning approaches with sustainability- and innovation-oriented education. An empathetic questionnaire was used to examine visual, auditory, hands-on, and emotionally driven learning preferences among students from five European higher education institutions. The results suggest a strong preference for visual and hands-on learning approaches. Subject-specific differences indicate that visual and practical methods are preferred for sustainability topics, whereas auditory and experiential methods are preferred for entrepreneurial learning. The findings highlight the potential importance of empathy-based learning design in developing inclusive, adaptable, and student-centred learning approaches that may better prepare students to address complex sustainability challenges. learning preference scientific empathy sustainability innovation empatija v znanosti učno okolje true false true SDEWES Centre Hrvaška Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Evropa; Neznano 2026-05-18 10:38:00 2026-05-18 10:38:00 2026-05-19 03:54:39 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Soavtorja iz Slovenije: Aleksander Zidanšek, Uroš Puc; Opis vira z dne 29. 4. 2026; str. 1-27 iss. 4, [article no.] 1140726 Vol. 14 [in press] 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2025-12-20 2026-04-27 0000-00-00 159.95 1848-9257 10.13044/j.sdewes.d14.0726 276702467 https://www.sdewes.org/jsdewes/pixd14.0726 1 e1ed3d95-5294-11f1-8a5a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=44090 RAZ_Abina_Andreja_2026.pdf RAZ_Abina_Andreja_2026.pdf 1 1C72B9E9107EFCABA2E5F7D3DED3084E 5b86795982cbbd5037e1008f9117ef178c74b7fd66b183ad0123c0870d725e93 5d9c0798-5295-11f1-8a5a-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=44091 Institut Jožef Stefan 0 0 0