Higher Education and the Challenge of Sustainability: Problematics, Promise, and Practice (CERC Studies in Comparative Education)

The Problematics Of Sustainability In Higher Education : An Introduction / Peter Blaze Corcoran & Arjen E.j. Wals -- The Evolution Of Sustainability Declarations In Higher Education / Tarah Wright -- Sustainability As Emergence : The Need For Engaged Discourse / Richard Bawden -- Critical Realism : A Philosophical Framework For Higher Education For Sustainability / John Huckle -- Higher Education, Sustainability, And The Role Of Systemic Learning / Stephen Sterling -- Assessing Sustainability : Criteria, Tools, And Implications / Michael Shriberg -- The Problematics Of Sustainability In Higher Education : A Synthesis / Peter Blaze Corcoran & Arjen E.j. Wals -- The Promise Of Sustainability In Higher Education : An Introduction / Arjen E.j. Wals & Peter Blaze Corcoran -- Environmental Education For Sustainability : A Force For Change In Higher Education / Daniella Tilbury -- The Contribution Of Environmental Justice To Sustainability In Higher Education / Julian Agyeman & Craig Crouch. Learning Our Way To A Sustainable And Desirable World : Ideas Inspired By Arne Naess And Deep Ecology / Harold Glasser -- The Contribution Of Ecofeminist Perspectives To Sustainability In Higher Education / Annette Gough -- Sustainability And Transformative Educational Vision / Edmund O'sullivan -- Teaching Interactive Approaches To Natural Resource Management : A Key Ingredient In The Development Of Sustainability In Higher Education / Niels Roling -- Living Sustainability Through Higher Education : A Whole Systems Design Approach To Organizational Change / James Pittman -- Disciplinary Explorations Of Sustainable Development In Higher Education / Geertje Appel, Irene Dankelman & Kirsten Kuipers -- The Promise Of Sustainability In Higher Education : A Synthesis / Arjen E.j. Wals & Peter Blaze Corcoran -- The Practice Of Sustainability In Higher Education : An Introduction / Kim Walker, Arjen E.j. Wals & Peter Blaze Corcoran -- Education And Sustainable Development In United Kingdom Universities : A Critical Exploration / William Scott & Stephen Gough. Lighting Many Fires : South Carolina's Sustainable Universities Initiative / Wynn Calder & Rick Clugston -- Integrating Education For The Environment And Sustainability Into Higher Education At Middlebury College / Nan Jenks-jay -- Sustainability In Higher Education Through Distance Learning : The Master Of Arts In Environmental Education At Nottingham Trent University / Malcolm Plant -- A Pedagogy Of Place : The Environmental Technology Center At Sonoma State University / Rocky Rohwedder -- Policy Development For Sustainability In Higher Education : The Auditing Instrument For Sustainability In Higher Education / Niko Roorda -- Curriculum Deliberation Amongst Adult Learners In South African Community Contexts At Rhodes University / Heila Lotz-sisitka -- Incorporating Sustainability In The Education Of Natural Resource Managers : Curriculum Innovation At The Royal Veterinary And Agricultural University Of Denmark / Susanne Leth & Nadarajah Sriskandarajah -- The Practice Of Sustainability In Higher Education : A Synthesis / Arjen E.j. Wals, Kim Walker & Peter Blaze Corcoran. Edited By Peter Blaze Corcoran And Arjen E.j. Wals. Includes Bibliographical References. Front Matter....Pages i-xv The Problematics of Sustainability in Higher Education: An Introduction....Pages 3-6 The Evolution of Sustainability Declarations in Higher Education....Pages 7-19 Sustainability as Emergence: The Need for Engaged Discourse....Pages 21-32 Critical Realism: A Philosophical Framework for Higher Education for Sustainability....Pages 33-47 Higher Education, Sustainability, and the Role of Systemic Learning....Pages 49-70 Assessing Sustainability: Criteria, Tools, and Implications....Pages 71-86 The Problematics of Sustainability in Higher Education: A Synthesis....Pages 87-88 The Promise of Sustainability in Higher Education: An Introduction....Pages 91-95 Environmental Education for Sustainability: A Force for Change in Higher Education....Pages 97-112 The Contribution of Environmental Justice to Sustainability in Higher Education....Pages 113-130 Learning Our Way to a Sustainable and Desirable World: Ideas Inspired by Arne Naess and Deep Ecology....Pages 131-148 The Contribution of Ecofeminist Perspectives to Stainability in Higher Education....Pages 149-161 Sustainability and Transformative Educational Vision....Pages 163-180 Teaching Interactive Approaches to Natural Resource Management: A Key Ingredient in the Development of Sustainability in Higher Education....Pages 181-197 Living Sustainably Through Higher Education: A Whole Systems Design Approach to Organizational Change....Pages 199-212 Disciplinary Explorations of Sustainable Development in Higher Education....Pages 213-222 The Promise of Sustainability in Higher Education: A Synthesis....Pages 223-225 The Practice of Sustainability in Higher Education: An Introduction....Pages 229-234 Education and Sustainabile Development in United Kingdom Universities: A Critical Exploration....Pages 235-247 Lighting Many Fires: South Carolina’s Sustainable Universities Initiative....Pages 249-262 Integrating Education for the Environment and Sustainability Into Higher Education at Middlebury College....Pages 263-276 Sustainability in Higher Education Through Distance Learning: The Master of Arts in Environmental Education at Nottingham Trent University....Pages 277-292 The Pedagogy of Place: The Environmental Technology Center at Sonoma State University....Pages 293-304 Developing Sustainability in Higher Education Using Aishe....Pages 305-318 Curriculum Deliberation Amongst Adult Learners in South African Community Contexts at Rhodes University....Pages 319-333 Incorporating Sustainability in the Education of Natural Resource Managers: Curriculum Innovation at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University of Denmark....Pages 335-345 The Practice of Sustainability in Higher Education: A Synthesis....Pages 347-348 Back Matter....Pages 349-355 Sustainability challenges universities around the world to rethink their missions and to re-structure their courses, research programs, and life on campus. Graduates are increasingly exposed to notions of sustainability, which are emotionally, politically, ethically, and scientifically charged. They must be able to deal with conflicting norms and values, uncertain outcomes and futures, and a changing knowledge base. At the same time they will need to be able to contextualize knowledge in an increasingly globalized society. This book provides a variety of valuable theoretical and practical resources for students, teachers, researchers, and administrators who seek to integrate sustainability in higher education. Sustainability is not only explored as both an outcome and a process of learning, but as a catalyst for educational change and institutional innovation. The book raises the various problematics related to this inchoate field and provides an intellectual history and critical assessment of the prospects for institutionalizing sustainability in higher education. This book challenges universities to rethink their missions and to re-structure courses, research programs, and campus life in terms of sustainability. The author offers valuable theoretical and practical resources for students, teachers, researchers, and administrators who seek sustainability in higher education. Sustainability is explored as an outcome and a process of learning, and also as a catalyst for educational change and institutional innovation.