Higher Education for Sustainable Development

Kerry Shephard is Professor of Higher Education Development at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He has a background in the biological sciences and extensive experience as a university teacher and researcher in both the UK and in New Zealand.

• Introduction.- PART I: DEVELOPING A GROUNDED THEORY OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY.- Chapter 1. Sustainability and ES/ESD Missions: Where are We Now, How Did We Get Here and Where to from Here?.- Chapter 2. Educational Research to Find a Way Forward: Methods and Results.- Chapter 3. A Grounded Theory about ES/ESD in Higher Education.- PART II: EDUCATIONAL RATIONALES TO UNIFY THE EFFORTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES.- Chapter 4. Affect, Cognition and Criticality: Some Educational Theory for University Teachers and for Educational Developers.- Chapter 5. Values Education for Sustainability, Academic Integrity and Professional Values.- Chapter 6. The Challenges of Education for Critical Action.- Chapter 7. A Way Forward.

"I hope that anyone reading this review will have got the message that I think that this is an engaging book which is well-written, scholarly, accessible, and properly provocative." (William Scott, Environmental Education Research, November, 2016)