Higher Education for Sustainable Development

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Beskrivning

This book asks how higher education should approach the task of educating for sustainability and then sets to answering it. It provides 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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2015-09-17
Mått:140 x 216 x 17 mm
Vikt:310 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:131
Upplaga:2015
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137548405

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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.

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"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)

Innehållsförteckning

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.