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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254317203321

Titolo

Curricula for Sustainability in Higher Education / / edited by J. Paulo Davim

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-56505-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 130 p. 18 illus., 17 illus. in color.)

Collana

Management and Industrial Engineering, , 2365-0532

Disciplina

338.927

Soggetti

Sustainable development

Industrial management—Environmental aspects

Technical education

Sustainable Development

Sustainability Management

Engineering/Technology Education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Change management -- Curricula assessment -- Curricula change -- Education for sustainability -- Greening pedagogical -- Index of sustainability -- Interdisciplinarity -- Participatory learning -- Resilience in higher education -- Teaching and learning -- Teaching methods -- University curricula.

Sommario/riassunto

This books presents the curricula necessary for sustainability in higher education. It shows how the learning process is transforming in order to promote sustainability. It prepares administrators, teachers and students to diffuse the development in the field, showing a curricula based on three interconnected pillars: the environment, the economic and the social aspects. It contains 8 chapters introducing research advances in the field.