Is there a sustainability canon? |
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Authors: | Kate Sherren |
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Institution: | (1) Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia |
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Abstract: | This paper identifies one possible set of appropriate disciplinary content for undergraduate programs in sustainability, based
on a survey instrument employed at two international sustainability events in 2005. Undertaken to supplement the focus in
the sustainability education literature on generic skills and pedagogical method via case-based or broadly conceptual work,
it seeks to assist curriculum developers with planning disciplinary content. Findings indicate that a sustainability canon
of sorts exists. A surprising amount of agreement existed from the two different specialist groups about core concepts, notably
in ecology and—less unanimously—policy, economics and ethics. Studies about society were preferred as elective content. A
10-subject core was nominated, suggesting the need for broad foundational underpinnings. |
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Keywords: | Core curriculum Higher education Sustainable development Universities Undergraduate Environmental education Disciplinary foundations |
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