Fostering rapid transitions to education for sustainable development through a whole-system approach to curriculum and organizational change


Autoria(s): Desha, Cheryl; Hargroves, Karlson
Contribuinte(s)

Leal Filho, Walter

Data(s)

2012

Resumo

Despite decades of attempts to embed sustainability within higher education, literature clearly suggests that highly regulated disciplines such as engineering have been relatively slow to incorporate sustainability knowledge and skill areas, and are generally poorly prepared to do so. With current efforts, it is plausible that sustainability could take another two decades to be embedded within the curriculum. Within this context, this paper presents a whole system approach to implement systematic, intentional and timely curriculum renewal that is responsive to emerging challenges and opportunities, encompassing curriculum and organizational change. The paper begins by considering the evolution of curriculum renewal processes, documenting a number of whole system considerations that have been empirically distilled from literature, case studies, pilot trials, and a series of workshops with built environment educators from around the world over the last decade. The paper outlines a whole-of-institution curriculum renewal approach to embedding sustainability knowledge and skills within the DNA of the institutional offerings. The paper concludes with a discussion of research and practice implications for the field of education research, within and beyond higher education.

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application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/69987/

Publicador

Peter Lang Publishing Group

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/69987/1/chapter02.pdf

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Desha, Cheryl & Hargroves, Karlson (2012) Fostering rapid transitions to education for sustainable development through a whole-system approach to curriculum and organizational change. In Leal Filho, Walter (Ed.) Sustainable Development at Universities : New Horizons. Peter Lang Publishing Group, Frankfurt am Main, pp. 29-46.

Direitos

Copyright 2012 Peter Lang Scientific Publishers

Fonte

School of Earth, Environmental & Biological Sciences; Science & Engineering Faculty

Palavras-Chave #099999 Engineering not elsewhere classified #130103 Higher Education #130202 Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development #HERN #Curriculum renewal #Education for sustainable development #Engineering Education #Higher Education #Sustainable development
Tipo

Book Chapter