Education and Sustainability (eBook, PDF)

Paradigms, Policies and Practices in Asia
Redaktion: Merrill, Michelle; Chang, Youngho; Islam, Md Saidul; Chang, Chew-Hung; Burkhardt-Holm, Patricia

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides an introduction to the state of sustainability education in Asia. It covers national policies, institutional policies and practices within Asian universities, sustainability considerations for teacher training at schools of education, and pedagogical practices for sustainability in higher education.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351614757
• Artikelnr.: 49268872

Autorenporträt

Michelle Y. Merrill is an independent researcher and consultant, and a member of the Advisory Board of the National Ecology and Environment Foundation (India, www.neef.in). Patricia Burkhardt-Holm is Professor in the Faculty of Science, associated with the Department of Environmental Sciences, and heads the interdisciplinary research group Man-Society-Environment at the University of Basel, Switzerland. Chew-Hung Chang is Associate Dean, Office of Graduate Studies and Professional Learning; and Associate Professor, Humanities and Social Studies Education Academic Group, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Md Saidul Islam is Associate Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of the Environment and Sustainability Research Cluster, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Youngho Chang is Assistant Professor of Economics, Coordinator of the Environment and Sustainability Research Cluster, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Notes on contributors
List of Figures
List of Tables
Part I. Projects and Paradigms in Sustainability Education1. Introduction:
Education for Sustainability in Asian Contexts
2. Sustainable Development: Concepts, Histories, and Paradigms
3. Economics Approaches to Sustainability: Methods and Applications
Part II. National Policy on Sustainability Education
4. Sustainability in Malaysian Research Universities' Curricula and Their
Effectiveness
5. Sustainability in Cambodia's Higher Education System
6. Sustainability Aspects of the Education System in India
7. Sustainability Education in Korea
Part III. Policies, Practices and Programmes in Asian Universities
8. Sustainability Policy and Practices in Thai Higher Education
9. Practices of Education for Sustainability in Renmin University of China
Part IV. Sustainability in Asian Schools of Education
10. Indonesian Student Participation in Green Action Projects
11. Climate Change and Sustainability Education: Singapore Teachers'
Perspectives
12. Education for Sustainable Development in the Faculty of Education,
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
13. Inquiring into Hong Kong Undergraduate Students' Environmental
Attitudes and Behaviours: A Preliminary Study
Part V. Practices in and out of the Higher Education Classroom
14. A Case Study of Sustainable Landscape Architectural Design Studio
Course at Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand
15. Water Footprints: New Paradigms in Educating Environmental
Sustainability in the Philippines
16. Enhancing University Students' Community Engagement and Social
Awareness through Residential College Whole-Person Development Programs
under Partnership with Local Non-Governmental Organizations in Macau
17. Conclusion: The Current State of Higher Education for Sustainability in
Monsoon Asia
Index