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This book explores whether and how education promotes sustainability. This volume brings together insights from expert scholars in the field and offers both practical strategies and different perspectives on how to integrate sustainability into educational systems worldwide. The book addresses several topics such as sustainability in specific disciplines, policy frameworks, curriculum development, innovative classroom practices, and stakeholder engagement. Through the topics discussed along the chapters, the book contribute to demonstrating how education is fundamental in achieving sustainable development. It thoughtfully addresses the challenges and opportunities in this field, features successful case studies, and provides actionable recommendations for educators, especially at academic level.
For educators, policymakers, and researchers, this volume is a fundamental resource for advancing sustainability in education and reveals how education can influence and prepare future generations to lead us toward a more sustainable future.
List of contents
New contextual learning environments.- Sustainability from Cradle.- The relevance of sustainability in education.- Fostering Spiritual Growth in the Classroom and Beyond.- In Search of Spirituality: Value Orientations of Universities in Bulgaria.- Exploring the Sustainability Accounting Education literature through a systematic review: towards a circular interpretive framework.- What Do Senior Italian Economia Aziendale Scholars Publish on Sustainability? An Analysis of Scholars Serving as Members of the Italian National Scientific Qualification (ASN) Board.- Integrating Sustainability into Accounting and Finance Education: An Empirical Exploration of European Universities.- Sustainability in Accounting Education in Nigeria: A Study of South-East Universities.- Sustainability in accounting: an innovative educational game to develop a critical approach to the discipline.- Navigating the Intersection of Ethics and Accounting: A Dialogic Framework for Sustainability Accounting in Education.- Gender, inclusion and ethics perspectives in Italian modern accounting education.- Empowering Sustainable Distance Education: Integrating AI-driven Conversational Agents.- An Inquiry into Opportunities and Risks of Sustainable Development for Left-behind groups in the Context of the Role of AI in Higher Education.- Artificial Intelligence and Financial Accounting Education: Opportunities and Challenges for their Sustainability.- Higher Education Students' Reflections on Sustainable and Human-Centered Leadership in the Digital Era: Perspectives, Experiences, and Learning Needs.- Higher Educational Institutions and Sustainability - Understanding the Faculty perspective about their teaching, implementation, and support: A Study based on India.- Leveraging Performative Arts Programs for Enhancing Skills and Well-Being in Global Majority Youth: A Public Health Approach to Sustainable Development in London.- Project-Based Learning (PBL) as an Element of Sustainable Education Development in the 21st Century.- Forging a sustainable educational path: the imperative for responsibility and leadership.- There and back again: sustainability values transmission among UK family businesses.- Consumer Education for Sustainability and Market Citizenship. A European Private Law Perspective.- The sustainability of universities: what matter most according to key stakeholders.- Exploring students awareness of sustainability in Higher Education: Evidence from an Italian case study.- University students opinions of the (de)motivators of plant-based products consumption and subscription: Implications for educating young consumers.- Building sustainable communities through university partnerships in Uzbekistan.- Training and Sustainability: An Integrated Approach for Cultural and Professional Transition in Public Administration.- The challenges and solutions for delivering sustainability education.
