Intergenerational learning and transformative leadership for sustainable futures:

The work of creating the future is being done now - and much of it is unsustainable in terms of natural and cultural resources. How will the next generation of leadership for environmental sustainability be raised up? Can we imagine sustainable futures, and can we enable transformative leadership to...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Wageningen Wageningen Academic Publishers 2014
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Zusammenfassung:The work of creating the future is being done now - and much of it is unsustainable in terms of natural and cultural resources. How will the next generation of leadership for environmental sustainability be raised up? Can we imagine sustainable futures, and can we enable transformative leadership to help us realize them? How can we best ensure that the several generations share their particular knowledge? What are the ethical frameworks, methodologies, curricula, and tools necessary for advancing and strengthening education for intergenerational sustainability learning and leadership? In this book, 82 authors from 26 countries across 6 continents seek answers in 32 essays to the many questions related to the intergenerational collaboration that holds promise for creating sustainable futures. The authors themselves represent a diversity of geography, gender, and generation - and include the institutions comprising the emerging International Intergenerational Net-work of Centers.
They speak to key principles, perspectives, and praxes at the intersection of intergenerational learning and transformative leadership in the context of education for sustainability. A visionary tour de force, this book explores the challenges and complexities of future learning models beyond the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. It provides a timely discourse encompassing intergenerational and cultural dimensions, including ethics. Contributors articulate a deeper understanding of leadership in the post-Enlightenment era. Chapters in the book offer examples cutting across a diverse range of experiences worldwide, making this volume not only refreshing for practitioners, but also invaluable to policy-makers. - Dzulkifli Abdul Razak President, International Association of Universities Former Vice-Chancellor, Universiti Sains Malaysia These are critical times for the global community.
Big issues are on the table: security, climate change, environmental destabilization, disease, hunger, and others. Actions we take today must embrace lessons from the past, present realities, and the rights and interests of future generations. Indeed, intergenerational learning is vital to education for sustainable development. This book makes a very timely and urgent call, challenging our traditional learning approaches and inviting us to dig deeper, stretch our minds wider, and see farther. - Akpezi Ogbuigwe Former Head of Environmental Education and Training, United Nations Environment Programme Executive Chairperson, Anpez Center for Environment and Development, Port Harcourt, Nigeria Achieving sustainable development requires generations, young and old, to engage with and learn from each other, and for leadership to embrace change. That is one of the key messages of this remarkable book. I wish I had this book when I took up the leadership role of my university two decades ago. I wish I could have given this book to my sons as they started their university education. - Goolam Mohamedbhai Former Secretary-General, Association of African Universities Honorary President, International Association of Universities
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references
""Table of contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""To walk together: intergenerational learning and transformative leadership""; ""Part one -- Principles""; ""Introduction to part one: principles""; ""1. �We must start with our own children�: reflectively researching intergenerational""; ""2. From locust to honey bee: towards leadership philosophies for sustainability""; ""3. The future of learning for the future: beyond the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustaina""
""4. Transformative learning and leadership for a sustainable future: Challenge Lab at Chalmers """"5. Wicked leadership education: on student-led higher environment and sustainability education""; ""6. Higher education for strong sustainability""; ""7. �EYE for sustainability�: a learning tool for change agents""; ""8. Contradiction or complement: can higher education be deeper education?""; ""Part two -- Perspectives""; ""Introduction to part two: perspectives""; ""9. An intergenerational perspective towards increasing young people�s contribution to agriculture""
""10. Keeping culture and country strong: participatory methodologies to support intergenerational""""11. The institutional dimension of sustainability: policy response for enhanced practice at ""; ""12. Empathetic apprentice: pedagogical developments in aesthetic education of the social learning""; ""13. Leadership for global responsibility: values and key competencies for a profound shift towards""; ""14. Participatory mapping for intergenerational learning and resilience in Ethiopia""; ""15. Child-centered sustainable development: intergenerational learning approaches in Mexico""
""16. Developing a relational perspective on intergenerational learning""""Part three -- Praxis""; ""Introduction to part three: praxis""; ""17. Connecting worlds: a Dutch intergenerational think tank initiative in action""; ""18. Leadership for biodiversity in South Africa: transformation and capacity development in the ""; ""19. The Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies: experiential learning for""; ""20. Reflecting on climate change education at the Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable""
""21. Sustainable leadership and environmental education at the Centre for Environmental Education""""22. Intergenerational Partnership for Sustainability: case studies from the International Union for""; ""23. Intercultural learning for sustainability: at the �nexus� of the environment, communication and""; ""24. Cultivating intergenerational mentorships: Student Associates for a Greener Environment""; ""25. Sustainability assessment methodology: measuring Universiti Sains Malaysia�s transformation to ""
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ISBN:9789086868025
9086868029
DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-802-5

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