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Sustainability in higher education: Implications for the disciplines

DePauw University, Indiana, USA, jennifereverett{at}depauw.edu

Academic disciplines have a critical role to play in higher education's response to the planetary challenges of the 21st century. Many academics have embraced the call for a fundamental reorientation of higher education around the goal of education for sustainable development. Individual faculty members who prioritize such a pedagogical goal, however, may find themselves caught between claims of social responsibility on the one hand and traditional norms of their disciplines on the other. This predicament, I suggest, does not require resolution of theoretical debates over interdisciplinarity, but does require concrete practical action on the part of academics for institutional change in the disciplines. I highlight strategies currently being adopted by academic disciplinary associations to advance the mission of the UN Decade on Education for Sustainable Development.

Key Words: academic disciplines • higher education • professional ethics • sustainability

Theory and Research in Education, Vol. 6, No. 2, 237-251 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1477878508091115


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