Implementing sustainability in higher education : learning in an age of transformation /

In a time of unprecedented transformation as society seeks to build a more sustainable future, education plays an increasingly central role in training key agents of change. This book asks how we can equip students and scholars with the capabilities to promote sustainability and how the higher educa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barth, Matthias, 1974-
Corporate Authors: Ebook Library, Earthscan from Routledge
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2015.
Series:Routledge studies in sustainable development.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:In a time of unprecedented transformation as society seeks to build a more sustainable future, education plays an increasingly central role in training key agents of change. This book asks how we can equip students and scholars with the capabilities to promote sustainability and how the higher education curriculum can be changed to facilitate the paradigm shift needed.Across the globe, a rising number of higher education institutions and academics are responding to these questions by transforming their own teaching and learning and their institutions' curricula. This book contributes to that development by examining in-depth case studies of innovative approaches and curriculum changes at multiple levels of the education sector.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (202 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781135052027
1135052026
9780203488355