Curricula for Sustainability in Higher Education

This books presents the curricula necessary for sustainability in higher education. It shows how the learning process is transforming in order to promote sustainability. It prepares administrators, teachers and students to diffuse the development in the field, showing a curricula based on three interconnected pillars: the environment, the economic and the social aspects. It contains 8 chapters introducing research advances in the field.

List of contents

Change management.- Curricula assessment.- Curricula change.- Education for sustainability.- Greening pedagogical.- Index of sustainability.- Interdisciplinarity.- Participatory learning.- Resilience in higher education.- Teaching and learning.- Teaching methods.- University curricula.

About the author

J. Paulo Davim received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering in 1997 from the University of Porto (FEUP), Full Habilitation from the University of Coimbra in 2005 and a D.Sc. from London Metropolitan University in 2013. He is Eur Ing by FEANI-Brussels and Senior Chartered Engineer by the Portuguese Institution of Engineers with a MBA and Specialist title in Engineering and Industrial Management. Currently, he is Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He has more than 30 years of teaching and research experience in Manufacturing, Materials and Mechanical Engineering with special emphasis in Machining & Tribology. Recently, he has also interest in Management/Industrial Engineering and Higher Education for Sustainability/Engineering Education.

Summary

This books presents the curricula necessary for sustainability in higher education. It shows how the learning process is transforming in order to promote sustainability. It prepares administrators, teachers and students to diffuse the development in the field, showing a curricula based on three interconnected pillars: the environment, the economic and the social aspects. It contains 8 chapters introducing research advances in the field.

Product details

• Assisted by: J. Paulo Davim (Editor), Paulo Davim (Editor), Paulo Davim (Editor), J Paulo Davim (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9783319565040
• ISBN: 978-3-31-956504-0
• No. of pages: 130
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 14 mm x 243 mm
• Weight: 362 g
• Illustrations: X, 130 p. 18 illus., 17 illus. in color.
• 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; Management, B, Sustainable Development, engineering, Technology: general issues, Environmental Social Sciences, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Technical education, Engineering and Technology Education, Engineering/Technology Education, Sustainability Management, Business & the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business, Industrial management—Environmental aspects