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ERIC Number: ED530963
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 462
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: ISBN-978-3-6316-1956-8
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World Trends in Education for Sustainable Development. Environmental Education, Communication and Sustainability. Volume 32
Leal Filho, Walter, Ed.
Peter Lang Frankfurt
It is widely acknowledged that sustainable development is a long-term goal, which both individuals and institutions (and countries!) need to pursue. This important theme is characterized by an intrinsic complexity, since it encompasses ecological or environmental considerations on the one hand, and economic matters, social influences and political frameworks on the other. This makes provisions in respect of education for sustainable development a particularly challenging task, but one which is feasible and achievable, provided the right elements are put into place. This book is an attempt to foster the cause of education for sustainable development, by documenting and disseminating experiences from different parts of the world, where learning for, about and through the principles of sustainability is taking place, in various sets and contexts, in both industrialized and developing nations. A special feature of this book is that it not only presents a wide range of philosophies, approaches, methods and analyses with respect to education for sustainable development across the world, but also documents and disseminates concrete case studies, which show how education for sustainable development may be realized in practice. Contents of this book include: (1) Applied Sustainable Development: A Way Forward in Promoting Sustainable Development in Higher Education Institutions (Walter Leal Filho); (2) Applying the Richard E. Gross Problem-Solving Model: Whistleblowing and the Environment, the Case of Avco Environmental (Evangelos Manolas/Stilianos Tampakis); (3) Community Engagement in University of British Columbia's Climate Action Plan (Jessica Glor-Bell/Amelia Clarke); (4) Making Education for Sustainability Work on your Campus: The Roundtables on Environmental Systems and Sustainability(Michael A. Reiter/Will J. Focht/Paul A. Barresi/Sue Bumpous/Richard C. Smardon/Kimberly D. Reiter); (5) Education for Sustainability Pedagogy) Ideological and Epistemological Barriers and Drivers(Michael Littledyke/Evangelos Manolas); (6) Integrated Theoretical and Practical MSc Education for Sustainable Industrial Development (Jurgis Staniskis/Valdas Arbaciauskas); (7) Innovation, New Goals and Challenges for Italian Trends in Environmental Education for Sustainable Development (Eugenia Aloj/Mariagrazia De Castro/Anna Zollo/Michela Totaro); (8) (John Renner) On-Campus Innovation for Sustainability--Evolution of Sustainable Development on the Joondalup Campus, Edith Cowan University (ECU), Western Australia; (9) (Joanne Tingey-Holyoak/Roger L. Burritt) Accounting Education for Sustainable Development: A View from the Profession; (10) Engineers for More Sustainable Industrial Engineering (Luis Velazquez/Nora Munguia/Javier Esquer); (11) Institutionalization of Learning-Beyond-Academics Leads to Sustainability of Higher Education Institution in the Field of Engineering: A Case Study from India (V.K. Gokuladas); (12) Sustainable Development, Bioenergy and Education: Experiences in Collaboration and Communication for Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Biofuel Development (Lisa Gualtieri/Patricia Hanney/Terry McIntyre/David Secko); (13) Making Better Choices Today--Ethics, Technology and Sustainability (Peter H. Denton); (14) The Secret Garden: Geocaching Links the Classroom to the Campus (Jim Perry/Andy Jenks); (15) Greening the Waste Stream: A Case Study in Applied Environmental Analysis at Pomona College (Char Miller/Bowen Close); (16) Students Collaborate to Develop Educational Green-Clothing Label (Hae Jin Gam/Yoon Jin Ma/Elizabeth Ciaccio); (17) Classes that Change the World: Synergistic Solutions and Multiplier Effects for Students, Campuses, and Communities (Jennifer L. Wells); (18) A Survey of Sustainability Promotion Experiences: The Ipso Project (Jordi Garcia/Daniel Garcia/Francisco Esteban/Marta Pujadas/Francisco-Javier Navallas/Ramon Miralles); (19) Sustainability and the Struggle for Hegemony in Australian Architectural Education (Peter Graham); (20) Evaluating Education for Sustainable Development Programs (Michaela Zint); (21) Making Environmental Connections in Courses in the Humanities and Social Sciences (Colleen Boyd/Se Guillaud/Mai Kuha/Lisa Kuriscak/Melinda Messineo); (22) A Short-Term Experiential Study Abroad Course on Sustainability in Costa Rica: Art as a Sustainability Case Study (Adrienne R. Schwarte/Mark J. O'Gorman); (23) Transformative Sustainability Education in a Shipboard Living-Learning Community (Mark A. White/Daniel C. Abel/Amy W. Predmore); (24) Understanding Communities of Practice in Online Education for Sustainability (Kristin McIlhenney/Meg Holden); and (25) Preparing Teachers to Educate for Sustainable Development (Claudette L. Barrett)
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Publication Type: Books; Collected Works - General; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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