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Creating a sustainable future is one of the biggest challenges that
we face as a human race. This is often made even harder by the
apathy of many towards the need for sustainability. Education will
play a crucial role in finding a solution to the global climate
crisis, by shaping future generations who are informed, enlightened
and ready to take action. This book explores the value of
institutions of higher education in leading the way on the topic of
sustainability education by ensuring that it is well entrenched in
the curriculum, as well as in everyday practice and lifestyles.
This unique volume features authors from different parts of the
world who narrate their own experience of integrating
sustainability into their curriculum, and teaching sustainability
to students. By exploring the idea that education and
sustainability should be seen as intrinsically linked if we are to
see global change, this important text will prove invaluable for
leaders, scholars and policy specialists in higher education.
The world's leading international agencies are promoting and
stimulating the intellectual debate towards incorporating
sustainability in main stream education with the help of thought
leaders. This volume highlights innovative pedagogy, discusses the
learning methods which can help us to address the world's current
sustainability challenges, and offers solutions to meet these. The
case studies featured, offering international insight from Malaysia
to Australia, discuss curriculum development and integrating
sustainability within the core philosophy of the university. The
authors explore how leadership education needs to innovate to
effectively respond to current sustainability challenges. This
topical volume contextualizes the heightened interest in
sustainable education across the globe and will be of interest to
researchers, university leaders, and students interested in a
sustainable future for universities and society as a whole.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals challenges us all
to promote sustainable development. Higher education is a key arena
for educating students in sustainability and sustainable
developments, and for producing research on these key issues.. This
timely book explores the sustainable development goals, how well
universities have been able to integrate them into their
curriculum, and how universities can institutionalize the goals and
sustainable development into their strategic plans and
institutional culture. Authors from Nigeria, sub Saharan Africa,
Italy and the Middle East explore how to achieve these targets in
the face of shifting expectations.
The role of universities is not restricted to merely the exchange
of knowledge, they are also responsible for playing a leading role
in society. Universities have often come out of isolation to
accommodate and facilitate social change, actively engaging in
their communities. In order to be socially engaged and effective
universities must work closely with industry, non-governmental, and
non-profit bodies to identify societal needs and address them
productively, working towards achieving common goals and
objectives. This volume explores various facets of the Sustainable
Development Goals and how well universities have been able to
integrate those goals into their curriculum, and institutionalize
those goals into their strategic plans and institutional culture.
Authors from Nigeria, sub Saharan Africa, Italy and the Middle East
have elaborated how to achieve this in the face of shifting
expectations, student debt, and graduate mobility.
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