Screen LibraryChallenges in higher education for sustainability /
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| Group Author: | ; |
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | Cham : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Management and industrial engineering,
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| Carrier Form: | viii, 318 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783319237046 3319237047 |
| Index Number: | LB2324 |
| CLC: | G649.1 |
| Call Number: | G649.1/C437 |
| Contents: | 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 toward 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 -- Toward 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 performativity -- Cool breezes, cool classes : infusing sustainability into the curriculum at California State University Monterey Bay -- Confronting the challenges in integrating sustainable development in a curriculum : the case of the Civil Engineering Department at Université 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. |