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Teaching and learning strategies for sustainable development /

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 deve...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Sengupta, Enakshi (Editor), Blessinger, Patrick (Editor), Yamin, Taisir Subhi (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
Series:Innovations in higher education teaching and learning ; v. 19.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Half Title Page
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • Series Editors' Introduction
  • Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning
  • FOREWORD
  • Part I-PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES
  • Chapter 1-Introduction to Teaching and Learning Strategies for Sustainable Development
  • Introduction
  • Literature review
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter overviews
  • References
  • Chapter 2-Integrating Sustainability into the University: Academies for Learning
  • Introduction
  • The Academies
  • The Ecojustice Curriculum Framework
  • Embracing the Cultural Commons
  • Redressing Our Conceptions of Intelligence
  • Learning in the Academies
  • The Professor as Mediator
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Films
  • Chapter 3-An Interdisciplinary Problem-Based Approach to Education for Sustainable Development
  • Beginnings
  • Preparing the ground
  • The Pilot
  • Development of the approach
  • The transformative nature of Education for Sustainable Development
  • Discussion
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • References
  • Chapter 4-Using the Sdgs to Promote Change and Nurture Connectivity in an Undergraduate Design Module
  • Introduction
  • Millennium Development Goals
  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • Sustainable Development Goals and Design
  • Framing the Research
  • Future scenario building
  • The Ethical Journey
  • Methods
  • Results
  • Were you aware of the SDGs before this module?
  • If you were aware of the SDGs, where did you hear about them?
  • Which SDGs are related to your design challenge?
  • What do you consider to be the values of the SDGs?
  • In what way do you find the SDGs helpful?
  • What aspects of your design have the SDGs made you think about?
  • Having explored the SDGs within your project, can you give an example of trade-offs, wherein it was impossible to maximize fulfillment of two or more SDGs because to maximize one would mean not being able to maximize another? How did you decide what trad
  • Give an example of how two or more SDGs were connected within your project
  • Having explored the SDGs within the context of your project, would you change anything about the SDGs? If so, give an example
  • Insights
  • References
  • Chapter 5-Leading Assessment Practices to Foster Sustainability Learning in Engineering Classrooms
  • Introduction
  • Literature Review
  • Two Learning Models that Foreground Alignment
  • Two Useful Frameworks for Sustainability Teaching
  • Teaching Approaches in Engineering Sustainability Classes
  • Impact of assessment design on student approaches to learning
  • Overview of Research in Assessment
  • Current Practice in Assessment for Sustainability in Engineering
  • Research in Assessment for Sustainability in Engineering
  • Discussion
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • Chapter 6-Can the Anthropocene Provide a Tool For Meaningful Teaching of Sustainability in Higher Education?
  • Background