Challenges in Higher Education for Sustainability

Book Overview

Preface.- Sustainability as a catalyst for change in universities: New roles to meet new challenges.- Interdisciplinary Problem-based Sustainability Education: The Case of the CLIMASP-Tempus Minor.- Reading the Signs of Sustainability in Christian Higher Education: Symbolic Value Claims or Substantive Organizational Change?.- Sustainable development, the significance of culture: Foundations of present practices and Indigenous reflections.- The performance of Brazilian government towards sustainability in the context of Rio+20 (United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development): an analysis of the Brazilian programs and the importance of education for sustainability.- Institutionalizing Ethics of Sustainability in American Universities.- Towards Sustainability through Higher Education: Sustainable Development incorporation into Portuguese Higher Education Institutions.- Sustainability in Higher Education: Linking Teacher Education with Labor Market in Kosovo.- Academic Freedom, Bureaucracy and Procedures: The challenge of curriculum development for sustainability.- Sustainability and perfomativity: Challenges in Curriculum Design for Sustainability in Higher Education.-

Cool Breezes, Cool Classes: Infusing sustainability into the curriculum at California State University Monterey Bay.- Curriculum wide integration of sustainable development: The case at the Civil Engineering department of Universit? de Sherbrooke (Canada).- The University of Northern British Columbia's Green Fund: Crafting a Tool for Sustainability Transformation.- Grass Roots and Green Shoots: Building ESD capacity at a UK university.- Achieving Sustainability through Rooftop Solar Electricity Generation on the College Campus: A Case Study.- Index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319373307
• ISBN13: 9783319373300
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"