Global Programs in Sustainability: A Case Study of Techniques, Tools and Teaching Strategies for Sustainability Education in Tourism

Michael A. Tarrant (), Lee Stoner (), Kristin Tessman (), Mikell Gleason (), Kevin Lyons () and Stephen Wearing ()
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Michael A. Tarrant: University of Georgia
Lee Stoner: Massey University
Kristin Tessman: University of Georgia
Mikell Gleason: University of Georgia
Kevin Lyons: University of Newcastle
Stephen Wearing: University of Technology Sydney

Chapter Chapter 15 in Education for Sustainability in Tourism, 2015, pp 229-237 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter describes the pedagogical approach adopted by the Discover Abroad’s Global Programs in Sustainability (GPS) and its growth from a concept in 1999 to the largest single education abroad program for students at UGA and one of the most popular in the country. Focusing on broad questions of human–environment sustainability, GPS uses a module-based pedagogical approach to deliver inter-disciplinary, faculty-led, study abroad programs for students from virtually every major on campus to a range of destinations. The mission of GPS is to foster humility through programs that address sustainability, conceptualized as the “meaning of progress”. Quantitative evidence of GPS student learning outcomes has been published in several leading journals and suggests that a one-size-fits all approach cannot be justified in study abroad. Rather than encouraging students to simply go abroad, academic advisers should attend to the needs of students beyond their desired country of destination and academic goals, to include professional development including higher-order outcomes such as global citizenry.

Keywords: Study abroad; Global programs; Sustainability; Educational travel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-47470-9_15

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