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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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2015.
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| Series: | Routledge studies in sustainable development.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Part I The need for change; 1 Living in a time of transformation: the challenge of sustainability; 2 From policy to action: the maturation of education for sustainable development; 3 Higher education in the twenty-first century: old missions and new challenges; 4 Connecting the dots: higher education for sustainable development; Part II Learning for a change; 5 What are we striving for? Learning objectives and educational goals
- 6 What's hot and what's not? Topics in higher education for sustainable development; 7 Facilitating competence development: from teaching to learning; 8 Learning to what end? Assessing and evaluating learning outcomes; Part III Learning to change; 9 Changing university organization from within: a 'next practices' approach; 10 Curriculum change and education for sustainable development: patterns of implementation; 11 Drivers and barriers to curriculum change; Part IV Beyond change; 12 Towards systemic social learning; 13 Educational contributions to sustainability science
- 14 Ways forward in higher education for sustainable development; Index.