Higher Education for Sustainable Development

ISBN-13: 9781137548405 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 131 str.

Kerry Shephard

Opis

This book asks and answers how higher education should approach the task of educating for sustainability, providing a guide for those who advocate for sustainability and for those who do not and makes a point of emphasising that all in higher education have the capacity and willingness to contribute in some way.

Recenzje

"I hope that anyone reading this review will have got the message that I think that this is an engaging book which is well-written, scholarly, accessible, and properly provocative." (William Scott, Environmental Education Research, November, 2016)

"This book presents a pragmatic solution to the challenges of education for sustainability, and perhaps has relevance to the development of other cross curricular themes in HE. ... It is a valuable addition to the literature on sustainability in HE and provides refreshing and workable strategies to move forward." (Kathryn McFarlane, Innovative Practice in Higher Education, Vol 2 (3), April, 2016)

Spis treści

Introduction.- PART I: DEVELOPING A GROUNDED THEORY OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY.- Chapter 1. Sustainability and ES/ESD Missions: Where are We Now, How Did We Get Here and Where to from Here?.- Chapter 2. Educational Research to Find a Way Forward: Methods and Results.- Chapter 3. A Grounded Theory about ES/ESD in Higher Education.- PART II: EDUCATIONAL RATIONALES TO UNIFY THE EFFORTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES.- Chapter 4. Affect, Cognition and Criticality: Some Educational Theory for University Teachers and for Educational Developers.- Chapter 5. Values Education for Sustainability, Academic Integrity and Professional Values.- Chapter 6. The Challenges of Education for Critical Action.- Chapter 7. A Way Forward.

O autorze

Kerry Shephard is Professor of Higher Education Development at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He has a background in the biological sciences and extensive experience as a university teacher and researcher in both the UK and in New Zealand.