Good Education in a Fragile World

The Value of a Collaborative and Contextualised Approach to Sustainability in Higher Education
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-26097-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 508 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development

This edited collection aims to provoke discussion around the most important question for contemporary higher education – what kind of education (in terms of purpose, pedagogy and policy) is needed to restore the health and wellbeing of the planet and ourselves now and for generations to come? The book contains contributions from colleagues at a single UK University, internationally recognised for its approach to sustainability education.

Introducing a conceptual framework called the ‘Paradox Model’, the book explores the tensions that underpin the challenge of developing sustainability in higher education in the 21st century. It asks probing questions about the purpose of higher education in the 21st century given growing concerns in relation to planetary safety and justice and calls for a rethinking of educational purpose.  It draws upon the theory and practice of education and explores how these can develop an understanding of sustainability pedagogies in practice. Finally, it delivers thought-provoking discussion on what constitutes a ‘good’ higher education that meets the needs of a world in crisis.  Drawing on a planetary health lens, the book concludes with a ‘manifesto’ that brings together the key insights from the contributing authors.

This will be an engaging volume for academics and educators from a wide range of disciplines in higher educational settings interested in translating sustainability theory into educational practice.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bainbridge, Alan

Kemp, Nicola

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Sachbuch, Reise
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Curricula: Planung und Entwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Navigating Educational Tensions: The Paradox Model Part 1: Rethinking Educational Purpose 2. ‘Swallowing a World’: Reflections on Education for Sustainable Development in Higher Education 3. Education for Life 4. Educating for the Future in the Humanities: Passion, Utility and Student Perspectives of Employability in Higher Education 5. A Fragile Education for a Good World: ‘Kenosis’ and Self-giving in Teaching for Sustainability and Change Part 2: Pedagogies of (Re)connection 6. A Sense of Beauty in Belonging to the Whole 7. Developing Sustainability Education Through Small-Scale Interventions 8. Walking Towards Embodied Understanding 9. Entanglements: ‘Story Telling for Earthly Survival’ 10. Understanding Sustainability Pedagogy in Practice Part 3: (Higher) education as if the world mattered 11. Wilding Higher Education: From Monoculture to Messy Margins 12. Researching “Education for Sustainability”: Undergraduate Trainees Join the Dots 13. What We Must Do Now: The Response(ability) of Universities to the Global Crises 14. Good (Higher) Education in a Fragile World

Über Autor(innen)

Alan Bainbridge is Reader in Education at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh and Visiting Reader in Education and Sustainability at Canterbury Christ Church University.

Nicola Kemp is Reader in Education for Sustainable Futures at Canterbury Christ Church University.