Blewitt, John

Cullingford, Cedric

The sustainability curriculum : the challenge for higher education.

London

2004

1853839493

9781853839498

"This volume analyses the impact of the concepts and practices of sustainability and sustainable development on various academic disciplines, institutional practices, fields of study and methods of enquiry. The contributors, drawn from a wide-range of discipilines, perspectives, educational levels and institutional contexts, examine the purpose of the modern university and the nature of sustainable education, which includes exploring links to social movements for sustainability projects equality and global responsibility, and case studies on the transformation, or otherwise, of some specific disciplines."--Jacket.

1. John Blewitt: Introduction

Part One
2. Cedric Cullingford: Sustainability and Higher Education
3. John Blewitt: Sustainability and Lifelong Learning
4. Stephen Sterling: An analysis of the development of sustainability education internationally: evolution, interpretation, and transformative potential
5. Jenneth Parker, Ros Wade and Hugh Atkinson: Citizenship and Community from Local to Global -implications for HE of a Global Citizenship Approach
6. Peter Hopkinson, Peter James & Adam Van Winsum: Learning By Doing - Environmental Performance Improvement in UK Higher Education
7. Jack R. Bradley and Joanne Crowther: Eco design
8. Warren: Eco Feminism

Part Two
9. Brian Edwards: Sustainability and Education in the Built Environment
10. Colin G. Bamfield: Sustainable Transport and Logistics - Vision or reality?
11. Christopher J. Cowton: Accounting Education for Sustainability
12. Mark Baimbridge: Towards a New Economics?
13. Meg Huby: Social Policy and Sustainable Development
14. Matthew Smith, John Donnelly & Andrew Parker: Sustainable Development, Sociology and UK Higher Education
15. Robert Garner: Politics and Sustainable Development
16. Philip McManus: Geography
17. Clare Palmer: Sustainability and Philosophy
18. Cedric Cullingford: The Future - Is Sustainability Sustainable?