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A comprehensive resource for higher education professionals interested in sustainability pedagogy In The Wiley Handbook of Sustainability in Higher Education Learning and Teaching, a team of distinguished researchers delivers an insightful reference for higher education professionals seeking to embed sustainability in learning and teaching. The book offers a way for higher education institutions to implement sustainability goals in their curricula and provides comprehensive guidance to educators, researchers and practitioners. The authors discuss recent developments in technological innovations, best practices, lessons learned, current challenges, and reflections in the area of sustainability teaching in higher education. They also examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sustainability education. With contributors from a variety of disciplines, including engineering, medicine, urban design, business, environmental science, and social science, the book considers the embedding of sustainability in regenerative learning ecologies, living laboratories, and transgressive forms of learning. It also includes: A thorough introduction to activist learning for sustainability and outcome-based education towards achieving sustainable goals in higher education Comprehensive explorations of factors that hinder the implementation of sustainability initiatives in higher education institutions Practical discussions of developing stakeholder agency in higher education sustainability initiatives In-depth examinations of global trends and country-specific initiatives in sustainability teaching Perfect for education developers seeking to incorporate sustainability, The Wiley Handbook of Sustainability in Higher Education Learning and Teaching is also ideal for academics, researchers, policymakers, and accreditation personnel working in the area of sustainability.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures and Tables ix List of Contributors xi 1 Sustainable Development: Embedding Sustainability in Higher Education 1 Kelum A. A. Gamage and Erandika K. de Silva Part I Transforming the Curriculum – Pedagogy Focused Initiatives 11 2 Activist Learning for Sustainability: A Pedagogy for Change 13 Zoe Robinson, Rebecca Laycock Pedersen, and Sarah Briggs 3 Outcome- Based Education Toward Achieving Sustainable Goals in Higher Education 41 G. R. Sinha, Nanda Gunawardhana, and Chih- Peng Fan 4 Transforming Ourselves to Transform Societies: Cultivating Virtue in Higher Education for Sustainability 59 Amparo Merino and Estela Díaz 5 Factors that Hinder the Implementation of Sustainability Initiatives in Higher Education Institutions 79 David Slim Zepeda Quintana, Javier Esquer, and Nora Munguía 6 Developing Stakeholder Agency in Higher Education Sustainability Initiatives: Insights from a Change Laboratory Research Intervention 99 John Scahill and Brett Bligh Copyrighted Material 7 Technology- Enhanced Education: Improving Students’ Learning Experience in the Higher Education Context 133 Mengting Yu 8 Sustainability Assessment Tools in Higher Education Institutions: Comprehensive Analysis of the Indicators and Outlook 153 M. Mapar, P. Bacelar-Nicolau, and S. Caeiro 9 COVID- 19 Disruptions to SDG 4 in Higher Education Institutions 187 Luis Velazquez Part II Transforming the Curriculum – Discipline- Specific Initiatives 205 10 Integrating Harmonious Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum: Addressing the Sustainability Grand Challenge 207 David A. Kirby, Iman El- Kaffass, and Felicity Healey- Benson 11 Sustaining Place Transformations in Urban Design Education: Learning and Teaching Urban Density, Mix, Access, Public/Private Interface, and Type 221 Hesam Kamalipour and Nastaran Peimani 12 Sustainability of Innovations in Health Professions Education 237 Gominda Ponnamperuma, Asela Olupeliyawa, Madawa Chandratilake, and Kosala Marambe 13 Sustainability in Energy Systems Analysis and Design 257 J. McKellar, H. Gaber, and D. Hoornweg Part III Global Trends – Country Specific Initiatives 277 14 Sustainability Teaching in Higher Education and Universities in Spain 279 Sergio Nogales Delgado, Silvia Román Suero, and Beatriz Ledesma Cano 15 Sustainability in Higher Education in Egypt: Perception, Challenges, and Way Forward 297 Marwa Biltagy 16 Youth Communicators as an Engine for Sustainable Development: A Case Study for Achieving SDGs in Remote Higher Education Institutions 317 Saira Ahmed, Amir Qayyum, Azza Malik, and Hassan Ali 17 Streamlining Higher Education in the Maldives: Issues and Challenges 333 Abdul Hannan Waheed 18 Embedding Sustainability into the Education Process in the Faculty of Horticulture and Landscape Engineering, SUA in Nitra, Slovakia 353 Tatiana Kaletová, Ivana Mezeyová, Ján Mezey, Mária Bihuňová, Roberta Štěpánková, Andrej Tárník, Ján Horák, and Kristína Candráková Part IV Equity and Inclusion within Sustainability Education 377 19 Inclusive Education and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities in HigherEducation for Students with Disabilities 379 Samanmala Dorabawila, Sakunthala Yatigammana, and Anoma Abhayaratne 20 Embedding Sustainability in Learning and Teaching: Communication Barriers to Learners with Special Needs 397 Leena Seneheweera and Varunadatta Edirisinghe 21 Sustainable Higher Education for Disabled Students: Comprehensive and Quality Support for All Process Participants – University of Zagreb Support Model 421 Lelia Kiš- Glavaš 22 Barriers, New Developments, and Emerging Trends in Sustainability in HE 453 Kelum A. A. Gamage and Erandika K. de Silva Index 461


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781119852827
  • Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 27 mm
  • Width: 178 mm
  • ISBN-10: 111985282X
  • Publisher Date: 26 Apr 2022
  • Height: 254 mm
  • No of Pages: 496
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 1110 gr


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