Integrating Concepts Of Sustainability Into Education For Agriculture And Rural Development,9783631364253

Integrating Concepts Of Sustainability Into Education For Agriculture And Rural Development

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ISBN13: 9783631364253
ISBN10: 3631364253
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-06-01
Publisher(s): Peter Lang Pub Inc
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Summary

The book deals with the issue of sustainability as a whole and to its application in the context of higher agricultural education in particular. It contains a wide range of international experiences on the subject, deriving from case studies, projects and research performed in Europe, North America and Oceania. This publication provides a key contribution to the debate on sustainability at university level and on how it is applied to agriculture and rural development.

Table of Contents

Preface 9(4)
Part I - Conceptual part on ``the concept of sustainability in Higher Agricultural Education''
Introducing sustainability in higher education: a concept in progress
13(8)
W. van den Bor
P. Holen
A.E.J. Wals
The concept of sustainability in relation to agriculture and rural development in the European Union
21(20)
J. Bryden
M. Shucksmith
Sustainability as an outcome of human interaction: Implications for curricula in higher agricultural education in industrialised countries
41(18)
N. Roling
The role of development ethics and 'the right to food' in the analysis of sustainability
59(14)
S. O'Reilly
Anchor points for integrating sustainability in higher agricultural education
73(20)
A. Dreyfus
A.E.J. Wals
A deep green ethical activity? Educating for sustainability in teacher education in the UK
93(18)
T. Shallcross
J. Robinson
Curricular debates vis a vis sustainability
111(14)
A. Koutsouris
Part II - Examples from practice
Conceptual foundation for innovative education in agroecology
125(14)
C. Francis
J. Helenuis
G. Lieblein
J. Porter
H. Olsen
L. Salomonsson
Sustainability in agroecology
139(14)
J. Helenius
Sustainability in agronomy education
153(20)
E. Goewie
Signs, traces and integration of the sustainability concept in higher agricultural education in Germany
173(12)
M. Adoment
Recognising and addressing misconceptions on the concept of sustainability at university level
185(14)
W. L. Filho
Sustainable agricultural curricula: between evolution and revolution
199(12)
J. Shute
T. Michaels
Sustainable agriculture and rural development in the teaching process in agricultural education: a case study from the Czech Republic
211(10)
M. Slavik
I. Miller
A pilot training programme on sustainability for higher agricultural education in Northern Greece
221(10)
E. Sfakiotakis
S. Sakellariadis
Progress towards education for sustainability at USNW
231(14)
S. Benn
Sustainability at the University of Technology, Sydney - a holistic approach
245(10)
L. Grant
K. Walker
Integrating sustainability at the Van Hall Instituut
255(16)
A. Schutte
F. Droge
Training of lecturers to integrate sustainability in the engineering curricula
271(18)
M. Bras-Klapwijk
A. de Haan
K. Mulder
The cautionary tale of the Hawkesbury Experience: a case study of reform in agricultural education
289(16)
R. Bawden
Sustainability in higher (agricultural) education: a synthesis
305(12)
W. van den Bor
P. Holen
A.E.J. Wals
Appendix 1 Education related sustainability sources on the Internet 317(4)
About the Authors 321

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