Global ETD Search
Search theses and dissertations gathered from participating repositories worldwide. Every result links back to the library that holds it. No account is needed.
Results
Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"sustainability education"”.
-
Do-It-Together: Informal Transformative Sustainability Education
… change is required. Transformative sustainability education provides one pathway to this transformation and focuses on radically altering students’ perceptions about the world and their agency in effecting change on ecological issues. The field of transformative sustainability …
-
Local curriculum development in sustainability education in New Zealand secondary schools
Sustainability, though not well understood, is an increasingly important concept in society, and as such has become incorporated in school curricula. In New Zealand, sustainability was added to the national curriculum in 2007 as a non subject-bound thematic link through the values and key …
-
Sustainability education : the educational thoughts, practices, and influences of ecoforester Merve Wilkinson
… values as he reflected on the development of his sustainability philosophy, his practice of sustainability education, and his vision of education for the future. This research documents his education philosophy that shows insight into the meanings, structures and essences of sustainability …
-
A salient stakeholder-driven model for integration of sustainability education into the accounting curriculum in Jordan
… in Jordan towards the importance of integrating sustainability education into the accounting curriculum. Employing salient stakeholder theory as a lens the thesis seeks to explore the possible integration of sustainability education into the Jordanian tertiary accounting curriculum. This study …
-
From biosphere to noosphere: Vladimir Vernadsky's theoretical system as a conceptual framework for universal sustainability education
… warming and climate change, the importance of sustainability education is unquestionable. It is a requirement of our time that sustainability education must become a part of any professional curriculum in higher education because today's college students are tomorrow's decision makers and the …
-
Envisioning a future for young Balinese : the move towards sustainability in secondary education
Sustainability has become a debate of international significance; it addresses how human development clashes with the finality of many resources on this planet and may threaten the well-being of future generations and ecosystems. The debate thus touches on the question of how humans interact with …
-
Envisioning a future for young Balinese : the move towards sustainability in secondary education
Sustainability has become a debate of international significance; it addresses how human development clashes with the finality of many resources on this planet and may threaten the well-being of future generations and ecosystems. The debate thus touches on the question of how humans interact with …
-
Tvarumo ugdymas ikimokyklinėse įstaigose: pedagogų pokyčių valdymo kontekstas /
Topic of Master's thesis: Developing Sustainability in Preschool Institutions: the Context of Change Management for Educators. Change management in pre-school institutions is an important process to ensure the sustainability of these institutions. After raising the problematic questions of this …
-
Assessing Undergraduate Sustainability Knowledge at California Polytechnic State University
<p>Sustainability education has become an important focus of many higher education institutions (HEIs), with the inclusion of many sustainability-related learning objectives for undergraduate students. As sustainability is a new, rising discipline, an increasing number of HEIs have made efforts to …
-
Impact of the M.O.V.E. curriculum on students' foundational learning about sustainability
<p>Sustainability is a growing concept amongst education and throughout everyday life. This thesis takes a deeper look into what environmental sustainability indicates in terms of curriculum in co-curricular programming at the University of the Pacific and how that relates to current trends at …
-
Overcoming sustainability implementation barriers in the college sector : Olds College 2010-2014 Business Plan
Implementing sustainability initiatives within a post-secondary institution can start with educating and influencing staff and students. It requires thoughtful planning and preparation in order to realistically expect the target audience to accept, implement, and adopt such plans. Assuming …
-
Individuals, institutions and initiatives : factors affecting sustainability initiatives within educational institutions
This research project explores factors affecting sustainability initiatives within educational institutions. Using grounded theory and mixed-methods, the project evaluates the experiences and perspective of nineteen individuals involved with sustainability initiatives in schools. Twelve research …
-
Teaching sustainability as a social issue: Learning from three teachers
… students with the social causes and effects of sustainability issues may help to address and create dialogue about our own needs and those of future generations. Unfortunately, no studies examine how teachers deliver this topic as a social issue in their classrooms. Through the research …
-
Urban change agents: citizen-based projects in Cape Town as drivers of transformative pathways towards a climate-friendly, socially just, economically viable and ressource-efficient urban future
… low-carbon mobility, urban agriculture, and sustainability education). The thesis reveals the range of impacts achieved by UCA projects and establishes barriers preventing the projects from scaling-up or replicating. UCA activities are illustrated as meaningful prototypical solutions to be …
-
Perceptions of environmental sustainability held by students in a NSW primary school
… into how young children perceive environmental sustainability and poses the research question: What perceptions of environmental sustainability do primary school students, in their final years of primary education, hold and express? Existing research (Phipps, 1991; Spork, 1992; Walker, 1995; …
-
From place-responsive to place-constructive outdoor education: A case study of the Port Hills, Christchurch, New Zealand.
… conservation and restoration areas, and outdoor education and recreation opportunities. This research used the Port Hills as a case study to explore how outdoor educators have developed a sense of place of the Port Hills, and how this relates to their outdoor education practice. An interpretive …
-
Com-post-humanism: implications for foundation phase environmental education in South Africa
In early childhood education research (which includes Grade R and Grade 1 in the Foundation Phase in South Africa), posthuman frameworks are mostly used without explicitly making the connection to issues of climate change and environmental education/sustainability education. Within the context of …
-
Climate Change Conversations with Children: Making Sustainability Meaningful, Tangible, and Actionable
… including lack of confidence, friction in the education system, pessimistic messaging, misinformation, and polarization perpetuate a “spiral of silence” around the subject, making it one that adults do not like bringing up with each other, let alone their children. Value-based behavioral change …
-
Early Childhood Studies as a site for Education for Sustainability, Eco Literacy and Critical Pedagogy
… of action and reflection’ (90). The theme of Education for Sustainability is woven throughout the publications, and whilst there is a swathe of literature related to ESD, this body of work is unique in its attempt to acknowledge the synthesis between learning for ESD within higher education …
-
LA TUTELA PENALE DEL PRODOTTO 'SOSTENIBILE'. NUOVE ESIGENZE DI TUTELA NEL SOLCO DELL'OBSOLESCENZA PROGRAMMATA
… relationship between criminal law and sustainability, with particular attention to liability for product damage. Current production models, focused on maximizing profits and rapidly replacing goods, encourage compulsive consumption through a constant cycle of supply and demand. However, …
Page 1 of 2