Integrating Sustainable Development into the Curriculum

Enakshi Sengupta serves as Associate Director of HETL. Dr. Sengupta is also the Director of the Center for Advanced Research in Education (CARE), Associate Series Editor of the book series, Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Emerald Group Publishing. She is the Managing Editor of the Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, Emerald Publishing. Patrick Blessinger is adjunct associate professor of education at St. John's University, a math and science teacher with the New York State Education Department, and chief research scientist of the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (in consultative status with the United Nations).  Taisir Subhi Yamin is professor of gifted education. He is a former President of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC), former editor-in-chief of Gifted and Talented International, General Director of the International Centre for Innovation in Education (ICIE) in Germany, and research fellow at Université Paris Descartes. He founded, with Ken McCluskey, the International Journal for Talent Development and Creativity (IJTDC).

• PART I: IN PRACTICEIntroduction to Integrating Sustainability Into Curriculum; Enakshi Sengupta, Patrick Blessinger and Taisir Subhi YaminChapter 1. Integrating Sustainable Development Into Healthcare Curriculum; Russell Gurbutt and Dawne GurbuttChapter 2. Embedding Sustainable Development In The Curricula - Learning About Sustainable Development As A Means To Develop Self Awareness;   Louise Manning and Luis Kluwe de Aguiar Chapter 3. A Comparative Analysis Of Approaches To Integrating Sustainability Into The Curriculum At A University In A Small Island Developing State In The Carribean; Alana Griffith and Winston Moore Chapter 4. Integrating Sustainable Development Into The Curriculum - A Case Study On The Developing Of Sustainability Competencies In Industrial Design Students At A Bachelor Level In Mexico; Martha Elena Núñez López, Robert Huddleston, Roberto Pablo Martínez LozanoPART II: INNOVATIVE APPROACHESChapter 5. Programs, Workshops, Resources And Other Supports For Post Secondary Sustainability Educators; Alice Cassidy, Yona Sipos and Sarah Nyrose Chapter 6. Hortus In Urbe: Building A Sustainable Development Curriculum in Chicago; Euan Hague, Howard Rosing and Joesph P. Schwieterman Chapter 7. An Interdisciplinary Teaching Module on The Global Clothing Industry: Lessons From Working Across Four Disciplines And Two Universities; Niki Harré, Anis Azizi, Penny Brothers, Ties Coomber, Ellinor King, Andrea Michelle Mead, Sarah Saeckel, Manuel Valle, Samantha Zi Lin Yeo, Yulun (Darren) Zhang Chapter 8. Integrating Sustainability Into A Freshman -Engineering Course Through An Institute - Level Initiative: A Teaching -Learning Model With Authentic Activity And Context; Raghu Pucha, Kata Dosa, Sunni Newton, Meltem Alemdar, Ruthie Yow and Jennifer Hirsch Chapter 9. Integrating Sustainable Development Into The Curriculum: Enacting 'Scalar Shifting' in Esd Competencies; Paul Benneworth, Renze Kolster, Martin Stienstra, Laura Franco-Garcia and Ben Jongbloed

This must-read edited volume brings together a variety of scholars who offer their research results, insights, and practical and pedagogical recommendations for integrating sustainable development to curriculums. It is a very significant contribution to sustainability education literature, as it emphasizes not only teaching knowledge but acquisition of sustainability values. Sustainable development is presented as a multi-dimensional integrated system that requires an interdisciplinary approach. It presents examples from a variety of areas-e.g. healthcare, urban development, global clothing industry, and from multiple countries- New Zealand to the UK all the way to the US, Mexico and the Caribbean.