Is there a sustainability canon?

Kate Sherren ()
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Kate Sherren: Australian National University

Environment Systems and Decisions, 2007, vol. 27, issue 3, 341-347

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Core curriculum; Higher education; Sustainable development; Universities; Undergraduate; Environmental education; Disciplinary foundations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1007/s10669-007-9046-3

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