The Wiley Handbook of Sustainability in Higher Education Learning and Teaching

493 Pages·2022·8.779 MB·English

by  Kelum A. A. Gamage, Nanda Gunawardhana

The Wiley Handbook of Sustainability
in Higher Education Learning and Teaching
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Names: Kelum A. A. Gamage, 1983– editor. | Gunawardhana, Nanda, editor.
Title: The Wiley handbook of sustainability in higher education learning
and teaching / edited by Kelum A. A. Gamage and Nanda Gunawardhana.
Other titles: Handbook of sustainability in higher education learning and
teaching
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables ix
List of Contributors xi
1 Sustainable Development: Embedding Sustainability in Higher Education 1
Kelum A. A. Gamage and Erandika K. de Silva
Part I Transforming the Curriculum – Pedagogy Focused Initiatives 11
2 Activist Learning for Sustainability: A Pedagogy for Change 13
Zoe Robinson, Rebecca Laycock Pedersen, and Sarah Briggs
3 Outcome- Based Education Toward Achieving Sustainable Goals in Higher Education 41
G. R. Sinha, Nanda Gunawardhana, and Chih-P eng Fan
4 Transforming Ourselves to Transform Societies: Cultivating Virtue in Higher Education
for Sustainability 59
Amparo Merino and Estela Díaz
5 Factors that Hinder the Implementation of Sustainability Initiatives
in Higher Education Institutions 79
David Slim Zepeda Quintana, Javier Esquer, and Nora Munguía
6 Developing Stakeholder Agency in Higher Education Sustainability Initiatives: Insights
from a Change Laboratory Research Intervention 99
John Scahill and Brett Bligh
7 Technology- Enhanced Education: Improving Students’ Learning Experience in the Higher
Education Context 133
Mengting Yu
8 Sustainability Assessment Tools in Higher Education Institutions:
Comprehensive Analysis of the Indicators and Outlook 153
M. Mapar, P. Bacelar-Nicolau, and S. Caeiro
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9 COVID- 19 Disruptions to SDG 4 in Higher Education Institutions 187
Luis Velazquez
Part II Transforming the Curriculum – Discipline- Specific Initiatives 205
10 Integrating Harmonious Entrepreneurship into the Curriculum: Addressing
the Sustainability Grand Challenge 207
David A. Kirby, Iman El-K affass, and Felicity Healey- Benson
11 Sustaining Place Transformations in Urban Design Education: Learning and Teaching
Urban Density, Mix, Access, Public/Private Interface, and Type 221
Hesam Kamalipour and Nastaran Peimani
12 Sustainability of Innovations in Health Professions Education 237
Gominda Ponnamperuma, Asela Olupeliyawa, Madawa Chandratilake, and Kosala Marambe
13 Sustainability in Energy Systems Analysis and Design 257
J. McKellar, H. Gaber, and D. Hoornweg
Part III Global Trends – Country Specific Initiatives 277
14 Sustainability Teaching in Higher Education and Universities in Spain 279
Sergio Nogales Delgado, Silvia Román Suero, and Beatriz Ledesma Cano
15 Sustainability in Higher Education in Egypt: Perception, Challenges, and Way
Forward 297
Marwa Biltagy
16 Youth Communicators as an Engine for Sustainable Development: A Case Study for
Achieving SDGs in Remote Higher Education Institutions 317
Saira Ahmed, Amir Qayyum, Azza Malik, and Hassan Ali
17 Streamlining Higher Education in the Maldives: Issues and Challenges 333
Abdul Hannan Waheed
18 Embedding Sustainability into the Education Process in the Faculty of Horticulture and
Landscape Engineering, SUA in Nitra, Slovakia 353
Tatiana Kaletová, Ivana Mezeyová, Ján Mezey, Mária Bihuňová, Roberta Štěpánková, Andrej
Tárník, Ján Horák, and Kristína Candráková
Part IV Equity and Inclusion within Sustainability Education 377
19 Inclusive Education and Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities
in Higher Education for Students with Disabilities 379
Samanmala Dorabawila, Sakunthala Yatigammana, and Anoma Abhayaratne
Contents vii
20 Embedding Sustainability in Learning and Teaching: Communication Barriers to Learners
with Special Needs 397
Leena Seneheweera and Varunadatta Edirisinghe
21 Sustainable Higher Education for Disabled Students: Comprehensive and Quality
Support for All Process Participants – University of Zagreb Support Model 421
Lelia Kiš- Glavaš
22 Barriers, New Developments, and Emerging Trends in Sustainability in HE 453
Kelum A. A. Gamage and Erandika K. de Silva
Index 461