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Sustainability in Higher Education

  • 1st Edition - August 21, 2015
  • Latest edition
  • Editor: J. Paulo Davim
  • Language: English

Support in higher education is an emerging area of great interest to professors, researchers and students in academic institutions. Sustainability in Higher Education provides… Read more

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Description

Support in higher education is an emerging area of great interest to professors, researchers and students in academic institutions. Sustainability in Higher Education provides discussions on the exchange of information between different aspects of sustainability in higher education. This book includes chapter contributions from authors who have provided case studies on various areas of education for sustainability.

Key features

  • Focus on sustainability
  • Present studies in aspects related with higher education
  • Explores a variety of educational aspects from an sustainable perspective

Readership

Researchers and Students

Table of contents

1: Putting sustainable development in practice: campus greening as a tool for institutional sustainability efforts

  • Abstract
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Role and areas of campus greening
  • 1.3 Overview and evaluation of campus greening efforts
  • 1.4 Discussion
  • 1.5 Lessons learned and needs to be addressed
  • 1.6 Conclusions

2: Management education for sustainability: deriving learning formats from competence requirements

  • Abstract
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 New profession requires profound management education for sustainability
  • 2.3 Corporate change agents for sustainability: competence requirements to manage corporate sustainability
  • 2.4 Learning formats to educate change agents for sustainability
  • 2.5 Conclusion

3: U.S. and international community-based sustainability projects for deep learning

  • Abstract
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 Background: high-impact educational practices, deep learning, and stakeholder outcomes
  • 3.3 WPI: interactive qualifying projects
  • 3.4 Interactive community-based projects and deep learning
  • 3.5 Common challenges
  • 3.6 Lessons learned
  • 3.7 Summary and conclusion

4: Inculcating sustainability among first-year engineering students using cooperative problem-based learning

  • Abstract
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 The cooperative problem-based learning model
  • 4.3 Learning environment design in the introduction to engineering course
  • 4.4 Example problem the introduction to engineering course
  • 4.5 Study on the impact of the learning environment
  • 4.6 Conclusion

5: Sustainability in engineering education: an approach to reach significant learning and character skills

  • Abstract
  • Acknowledgments
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Sustainability in higher engineering education
  • 5.3 A qualitative, longitudinal research of students’ sustainable behavior in a Mexican HEI
  • 5.4 Results and discussion
  • 5.5 Concluding remarks

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 24, 2015
  • Language: English

About the editor

JD

J. Paulo Davim

Prof. (Dr.) J. Paulo Davim is a Full Professor at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, with over 35 years of experience in Mechanical, Materials, and Industrial Engineering. He holds multiple distinguished academic titles, including a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and a DSc from London Metropolitan University. He has published over 300 books and 600 articles, with more than 36,500 citations. He is ranked among the world's top 2% scientists by Stanford University and holds leadership positions in numerous international journals, conferences, and research projects.
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

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