Education for Sustainable Development Conference, October 2008
This conference, held on 17th October, 2008, was for all those interested in education for community development, sustainability, social justice, wellbeing, participative democracy, corporate responsibility, ecological balance, citizenship, social cohesion, holistic thinking…
It explored how these areas coalesce under the banner of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), focusing on four questions:
- What type of knowledge, skills and values do graduates need to deal with the sustainability challenges of the 21st century? And what learning techniques can help them gain those skills?
- Is ‘Education for Sustainable Development’ a framework through which these considerations can become integral to HE
- What is the experience of lecturers who have already attempted to integrate these considerations through development of Education for Sustainable Development into their curricula and their teaching?
Keynote presentation
Brian Chalkley, Director of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences Subject Centre. Why ESD? What is the vision? (Powerpoint, 2Mb)
Vignette presentations
Norman Moles, School of Environment and Technology: ESD as part of 'professional practice' in Geology courses at Brighton
Peter Day and Zana Dear, School of Computing, Mathematical and Information Sciences: Mediating community communication ecologies
Pete Burns with Marina Novelli, Centre for Tourism Policy Studies:Teaching about sustainable tourism?
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Last updated 26 November 2008