Exploring Sustainable Behavior Structure in Higher Education - A Socio-Psychology Confirmatory Approach

This book presents a social-psychology model delineating the factors that may influence in an altruistic manner sustainable behaviour (SB) of students, faculty and administrators in four higher education institutions (HEI) with very different economic and social characteristics. It presents the areas where these individuals work (education and community management), and in which of them education for sustainability is promoted, focusing on four alternative methods of learning: play, art, group therapy, and personnel management. The book is intended for bachelors and graduated students, as well as researchers in social psychology, environmental psychology, conservation psychology, environmental education, education for sustainable development, cross-cultural psychology, and social sciences.

List of contents

Preface.- Introduction.- Theoretical Explanatory Frameworks for Sustainable Behavior.- Research Method.- Mapping Latent Variables of Sustainable Behavior.- What to promote for achieving Education for Sustainability.- Conclusions.- Appendixes.

Product details

• Authors: Margarita Juárez-Nájera
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319386720
• ISBN: 978-3-31-938672-0
• No. of pages: 136
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 9 mm x 234 mm
• Weight: 258 g
• Illustrations: XXIII, 136 p. 13 illus.
• Series: Management and Industrial Engineering; Management and Industrial Engineering
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Development theory and development policy; B, Sustainability, Sociology of Education, Education, Sociology, Sustainable Development, engineering, Social research & statistics, Industrial Engineering, Industrial and Production Engineering, Production engineering, Educational sociology