Higher Education for Sustainable Development - Couverture rigide

Shephard, Kerry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1137548401 ISBN 13 : 9781137548405

Editeur : Palgrave Pivot, 2015

Synopsis

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. The challenge is to find an approach that unifies the efforts of higher education teachers towards sustainability objectives, rather than dividing them. People at universities across the world were consulted and a grounded theory was devised. This encourages all university teachers to teach what they want to teach openly and honestly, about sustainability or not; but on the way to ensure that their students develop the critical skills that will enable them to fully understand what is being taught and what they are learning.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Pivot
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1137548401
• ISBN 13: 9781137548405
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 137
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