Sustainable Energy Education in the Arctic: The Role of Higher Education

ISBN-13: 9781032086170 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 280 str.

Gisele M. Arruda

Opis

This book examines how climate change and renewable energy are being taught in Arctic Higher Education. This innovative volume will be of great interest to students, scholars and educators of climate change, renewable energy, Arctic studies and sustainability in higher education.

Spis treści

1. Introduction - Energy as The Genesis of all Human Development and Learning  2. The Arctic Context – Energy, Development, Education  3. The Influential Theories for the Arctic Higher Education - Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)  4. The Nature of the Arctic Energy Curriculum  5. The Structure of the Arctic Energy Curriculum in the Case Studies  6. Curriculum Design and Review in the Four Case Study Institutions  7. Levels of Energy Literacy and Adherence to ESD: Arctic Citizenship Model  8. Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Students’ Perspectives  9. The Relevance of the UN SDGs to the Arctic HE and Curricula  10. Multidisciplinary and Multicultural Perspectives of a Sustainable Energy System in Arctic Higher Education Curricula - Analysis, Discussion and Conclusion

 

O autorze

Gisele M. Arruda is a professor in Circumpolar Studies in the field of Energy, Arctic, Climate Change, Environment and Society. The main topics of her research involve Arctic governance, Arctic Sustainable Energy Systems, Climate Change, Arctic Studies (Socio-environmental impacts of extractive-industries and resources development on environment and societies), Corporate Social Responsibility and multicultural aspects of Higher Education. She has been an advisor for governmental and non-governmental organizations as a strategist by influencing policymakers and supporting climate negotiations. She is the editor-in-chief for Arctic, Energy and Climate Change International Journal by Anvivo.org. She is the author of Renewable Energy for the Arctic: New Perspectives and Sustainable Energy Education in the Arctic: The Role of Higher Education, by Routledge.