The Sustainability Curriculum: The Challenge for Higher Education

ISBN-13: 9781853839498 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 258 str.

John Blewitt; Cedric Cullingford

Opis

In higher education, sustainable development has its supporters and detractors. It is embraced by some individuals and departments and perceived by others as a threat to the coherence of particular disciplines. It is not a subject in its own right, although there are signs that this may now be happening. and sustainable development on various academic disciplines, institutional practices, fields of study and methods of enquiry. The authors examine the purpose of the modern university and the nature of sustainable education. They explore links to social movements for sustainability, approaches to environmental management, new pedagogies, sustainability projects, curriculum change, culture and biodiversity, values relating to gender equality and global responsibility, and case studies on the transformation, or otherwise, in specific disciplines.

Spis treści

Introduction * Sustainability and Higher Education * Sustainability and Lifelong Learning * An Analysis of the Development of Sustainability Education Internationally: Evolution, Interpretation and Transformative Potential * Citizenship and Community from Local to Global Citizenship Approach * Learning by Doing: Environmental Performance Improvement in UK Higher Education * Eco-design * Sustainability Development and Sustainable Development Education: An Eco-feminist Philosophical Perspective on the Importance of Gender * Sustainability and Education in the Built Environment * Sustainable Transport and Logistics: Vision or Reality? * Accounting Education for Sustainability * Towards a New Economics? Social Policy and Sustainable Development * Sustainable Development, Sociology and UK Higher Education * Politics and Sustainable Development * Geography * Sustainable and Philosophy * Conclusion: The Future - Is Sustainability Sustainable? * Index

O autorze

John Blewitt is deputy director of the Department of Lifelong Learning at the University of Exeter. Cedric Cullingford is professor of education at the University of Huddersfield.