Teaching Sustainability across Curricula: Understanding Faculty Perspectives at Vancouver Island University

Autor/inn/en	McCunn, Lindsay J.; Bjornson, Alexander; Alexander, Don
Titel	Teaching Sustainability across Curricula: Understanding Faculty Perspectives at Vancouver Island University
Quelle	In: Curriculum Journal, 31 (2020) 3, S.557-572 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0958-5176
DOI	10.1002/curj.16
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Sustainability; Teacher Attitudes; College Faculty; College Curriculum; Teacher Workshops; Interdisciplinary Approach; Canada (Vancouver) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Nachhaltigkeit; Lehrerverhalten; Fakultät; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität
Abstract	Sustainability initiatives in higher education are growing in importance. This case study may guide faculty at other institutions seeking to gain deeper insight into the state of sustainability education where they work. Members of the Vancouver Island University Sustainability Advisory Committee hosted a workshop for faculty members, students and staff to explore how sustainability is incorporated into teaching and learning at the institution, to share perspectives, and examine ways to enhance individual and collective pedagogical practices. A World Café posed four questions for participants to answer as they rotated between tables. The resulting qualitative data were content analysed and interpreted. Key themes and categories from data concerning participants' successes and inspirations while teaching and learning at Vancouver Island University (VIU), challenges and barriers in blending sustainability into coursework, faculty's perceptions of student perspectives of sustainability in VIU courses and about resources and opportunities to integrate sustainability in interdisciplinary courses are reported and discussed. This case study differs from others in that it does not describe an evaluation of a programme but, rather, explicates a process by faculty working at a new university to elicit information from their peers and develop networks that will engage the university in interdisciplinary sustainability for years to come. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01