Higher Education in a Sustainable Society : A Case for Mutual Competence Building / / edited by Hans Chr. Garmann Johnsen, Stina Torjesen, Richard Ennals

• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2015.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Disciplina: 378.01
• Soggetto topico: Business ethics; Educational policy; Education and state; Sustainable development; Political economy; Educational sociology ; Education and sociology; Business Ethics; Educational Policy and Politics; Sustainable Development; International Political Economy; Sociology of Education
• Persona (resp. second.): JohnsenHans Chr. Garmann; TorjesenStina; EnnalsRichard
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Part 1: Sustainability in a humanistic and cultural perspective -- Part 2: Sustainability in life science -- Part 3: Sustainability in technology and planning studies -- Part 4: Sustainability and the teaching of management and business development -- Part 5: The sustainable university -- Conclusions.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book addresses the following question: What is a sustainable society, and how can higher education help us to develop toward it? The core argument put forward is that the concept of sustainability reaches much farther than just the direct aspects of environmental threats and carbon emissions. Using higher education as a point of departure, the book shows that sustainability involves a broad range of disciplines, from nursing and nutrition to technology and management. It argues that a sustainable society entails a distinct perspective on society that influences our social thinking in terms of ethics, democracy and knowledge development. The book also discusses if (and if so, how) higher education can and should contribute to such a development based on the principles of the freedom of science in a liberal, democratic society. The book presents Mutual Competence Building as a concept higher education can adapt in order to contribute to a sustainable Society.
• Titolo autorizzato: Higher Education in a Sustainable Society
• ISBN: 3-319-15919-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910298469903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, . 2196-7075