Higher Education for Sustainability: Seeking Intellectual Independence in Aotearoa New Zealand

By Kerry Shephard

Book Overview

Part 1.- Chapter 1 About Higher Education for Sustainable Development and for Sustainability in New Zealand, and Elsewhere.- Chapter 2 Campus Sustainability.- Chapter 3 University Teacher as Critic and Conscience of Society.- Chapter 4 Environmental Education in New Zealand.- Chapter 5 Roles and Responsibilities for Higher Education in New Zealand, and Elsewhere.- Chapter 6 Global Perspectives and Competitive Individualism.- Part 2.- Chapter 7 What Guides Our Beliefs and Actions?.- Chapter 8 On Deep, Critical and Independent Thinking and Why It Is So Challenging for Higher Education to Teach These Things.- Part 3.- Chapter 9 Community Engagement and Higher Education's Third Mission.- Chapter 10 Empowering Students in Higher Education.- Chapter 11 On Assessment and Evaluation, and Researching the Practices of Higher Education.- A Final Conversation with a Critical Friend.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811519420
• ISBN13: 9789811519420
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"