Academic staff development as a catalyst for curriculum change towards education for sustainable development: An output perspective

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 26, Issue , 2012, Pages 28-36

  Barth, Matthias ^a   Rieckmann, Marco ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Curriculum change; Education for sustainable development; Higher education; North South co operation; Organisational development; Staff development

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; PLANNING;

CURRICULUM CHANGES; EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; NORTH-SOUTH CO-OPERATION; ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84855274888     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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