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Challenges in higher education for sustainability

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Challenges in higher education for sustainability/ edited by J. Paulo Davim, Walter Leal Filho.
other author:	Davim, J. Paulo.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing : : 2016.,
Description:	viii, 318 p. :ill., digital ; : 24 cm.;
Contained By:	Springer eBooks
Subject:	Sustainability. -
Online resource:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23705-3
ISBN:	9783319237053

Challenges in higher education for sustainability
Challenges in higher education for sustainability[electronic resource] /edited by J. Paulo Davim, Walter Leal Filho. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2016. - viii, 318 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Management and industrial engineering,2365-0532. - Management and industrial engineering..

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 Universite 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.

This book presents the latest advances on the incorporation of sustainability in higher education. Different aspects such as the environmental, economic and social are here discussed. Several examples illustrating how sustainability in higher education is being pursued in different countries can be found in this book. Case studies include institutions from Kosovo, Brazil, Portugal, UK, Canada and USA.

ISBN: 9783319237053

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-319-23705-3doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

793436
Sustainability.

LC Class. No.: LB2324 / .C43 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 338.9270711

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