Handbook of lifelong learning for sustainable development

✍ Scribed by Leal Filho, Walter; Mifsud, Mark; Pace, Paul

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 373
• Series: World sustainability series
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book focuses on lifelong learning for sustainable development, an aspect that has been rarely explored in great detail. It also discusses methodological approaches and experiences deriving from case studies and projects, which demonstrate how lifelong learning for sustainable development can be implemented in practice.

The book provides respecting research institutions, universities, NGOs, and enterprises with an opportunity to display and present their work in this field. It fosters the exchange of information, ideas and experiences acquired in the context of concerning initiatives, especially with regard to successful projects and best practices.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-ix
Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development—Is Adult Education Left Behind? (Violeta Orlović Lovren, Katarina Popović)....Pages 1-17
Teacher’s Competences in Sustainability During Lifelong Learning (V. Zenchanka, S. Zenchanka)....Pages 19-28
Empowerment for Sustainability in a Community Context: Lifelong Learning and the Story of the BIG 5 Community Tourism Forum, Koffiekraal/Brakkuil (South Africa) (Melanie D. Nicolau, Rudi W. Pretorius, Anna E. de Jager, Andrea Lombard)....Pages 29-44
Education for Sustainable Development in Non-formal Set-Ups: Diagnosing a Culture of Inertia (Alan Pulis, Maria Brown, Alexia Georgakopoulos)....Pages 45-59
Lifelong Learning for Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Development in Pakistan (Zahid Sultan, Rana Muhammad Umair Arshad)....Pages 61-70
Empowering Youths: An Alternative Learning Pathway for a Sustainable Future (Sheryl Green, Stephanie Mamo Portelli)....Pages 71-85
Empowering Youths as Lifelong Learners Through Education for Sustainable Development: A Critique from the Perspective of Maltese Youths (Clinton Cassar, Vincent Caruana)....Pages 87-107
Why We Should Start Early with ESD for Lifelong Learning (Jane Spiteri)....Pages 109-128
Cross-Cultural Experiential Learning During the Short-Term Non-formal Educational Activity (Judita Tomaškinová, Ján Tomaškin)....Pages 129-141
Social Media and Lifelong Learning for Sustainable Development (Lorraine Lander, Gayle Stever)....Pages 143-154
MOOCs and International Capacity Building in a UN Framework: Potential and Challenges (Laurent A. Lambert, Hisham Hassan)....Pages 155-164
An Analysis on the Effectiveness of the Lifelong Learning Through Nature Programme (Mark Mifsud, Hannah Chisholm)....Pages 165-182
Education for Solidarity: A Case Study at PUCPR (Fernanda Frankenberger, Mari Anastacio, Ubiratã Tortato)....Pages 183-195
Education for Sustainable Development: Vision, Policy, Practices—An Open or Closed ‘Doorway’ for Teachers and Schools? (Athanasia Chatzifotiou)....Pages 197-209
Knowledge, Attitudes and Behaviour Towards the Environment of Secondary School Teachers (A. Cini, Mark Mifsud)....Pages 211-227
Building Capacity for Sustainable Development Through Community-Based Education (Adela M. Militaru)....Pages 229-241
Education for Sustainable Development and Human Rights (Ivana Savić)....Pages 243-256
Engaging Rural Women in Entrepreneurship Through an Innovative and Sustainable Dairy Model (Shahana Afrose Chowdhury, Momtaz Faruki Chowdhury, Meherun Ahmed)....Pages 257-275
Lifelong Music Learning for Sustainable Development (Yonghyup Oh, Johanna Maria Roels, Peter Van Petegem)....Pages 277-291
Local Agenda 21 Processes and Their Implications for the SDGs (Censu Caruana, Paul Pace)....Pages 293-305
Engaging Families in Sustainable Development Through Sustainability Walks (Mark Mifsud, Clinton Cassar, Lyn Cordina, Bernard Grixti, Loraine Spiteri, Amanda Zahra)....Pages 307-320
Sustainable Aesthetic in Architecture (Pedro Marques de Abreu)....Pages 321-357
Seeds of Change: Applying Transformative Learning and Thinking in Relation to Students Responding to Climate Change Challenges (Paul Govind, Kirsten Davies, Roger Lee, Thomas Riddell)....Pages 359-376

✦ Subjects

Sustainable development -- Study and teaching -- Handbooks, manuals, etc;Continuing education -- Handbooks, manuals, etc;BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General;Continuing education;Sustainable development -- Study and teaching