Education for sustainability: The role of capabilities in guiding university curricula

International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 349-370

  Sterling, Stephen ^a,b,c,d   Thomas, Ian ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b HIGHER EDUCATION ACADEMY   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^e RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capability; Curriculum; Curriculum design; Education for Sustainable Development; ESD; Hierarchy of learning staged change; Learning response; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347325194     PISSN: 17408822     EISSN: 17408830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJISD.2006.013735     Document Type: Review

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