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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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What Do EESD "Experts" Think Sustainability Is? Which Pedagogy Is Suitable to Learn It?: Results from Interviews and Cmaps Analysis Gathered at EESD 2008
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Segalas, Jordi; Mulder, Karel F.; Ferrer-Balas, Didac – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to study how experts on teaching sustainability in engineering education contextualize sustainability; also to evaluate the understanding of sustainability by engineering students. The final aim is to evaluate what pedagogy experts believe provides better opportunities for learning about sustainability in…
Descriptors: Expertise, Engineering Education, Research Administration, Engineering
Sustaining Academic Life: A Case for Applying Principles of Social Sustainability to the Academic Profession
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Hammond, Cathryn; Churchman, Deborah – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2008
Purpose: This paper aims to examine the social sustainability of academic work in Australian tertiary institutions, in addition to offering a summary of recent research on social sustainability with a particular emphasis on Barron and Gauntlett's work. Design/methodology/approach: Barron and Gauntlett's principles of social sustainability are used…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Sustainable Development, Social Change, Organizational Development
The Campus Environmental Management System Cycle in Practice: 15 Years of Environmental Management, Education and Research at Dalhousie University
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Clarke, Amelia – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2006
Purpose: To challenge the deliberate strategy approach of the environmental management system (EMS) cycle, and offer a model based on both the practical reality experienced at Dalhousie University and emergent strategy theory. Also, to share some of the lessons learned in the 15 years of environmental management at Dalhousie University.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Strategic Planning, Environmental Standards, Case Studies
Sustainable Development, Education and Literacy
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Dale, Ann; Newman, Lenore – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2005
Purpose: To distinguish sustainable development education from environmental education and stress the importance of problem-based interdisciplinary learning to sustainable development education. Design/methodology/approach: A range of published works relating to sustainable development education are critiqued, an introduction to complexity theory…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Sustainable Development, Problem Based Learning