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Higher Education and the Challenge
of Sustainability: Problematics, Promise, and Practice Edited by Peter Blaze Corcoran and Arjen E. J. Wals
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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 must 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 explored as an outcome and a
process of learning, but also 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 collection,
by leading practitioners, critics and researchers, is a valuable educational
tool. It has the potential to advance significantly the movement towards
education for sustainability." Hans Van Ginkel, President, International Association of
Universities and Rector of the United |
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