The Global Expansion of Environmental Education in Universities

Autor/inn/en	Frank, David John; Robinson, Karen Jeong; Olesen, Jared
Titel	The Global Expansion of Environmental Education in Universities
Quelle	In: Comparative Education Review, 55 (2011) 4, S.546-573 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0010-4086
DOI	10.1086/661253
Schlagwörter	Environmental Education; Universities; Academic Degrees; College Programs; Curriculum Evaluation; Global Approach; International Education; Etiology; Predictor Variables; Comparative Education; Educational Development; Educational Practices + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; University; Universität; Degree; Degrees; Academic level graduation; Akademischer Grad; Hochschulabschluss; Studienprogramm; Curriculum; Evaluation; Curriculumevaluation; Lehrplan; Rahmenplan; Evaluierung; Globales Denken; Internationale Erziehung; Ätiologie; Prädiktor; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Bildungsentwicklung; Bildungspraxis
Abstract	Environmental education is on the rise in universities around the world. Conventional explanations emphasize proximate needs and interests rooted in environmental degradation. We propose instead a top-down causal imagery, hinging on the expanded meaning, purpose, and comprehensibility of the human-nature relationship in world society. We test our view in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of environmental degree programs in a global sample of universities. Throughout, our explanation proves stronger than the alternative. Universities embrace environmental education as the substance and significance of the human-nature relationship grow in global institutions and as the relationship is increasingly deemed comprehensible within the knowledge framework. (Contains 4 tables, 1 figure, and 16 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10