The Interfaculty Graduate Environmental Sciences Program of the American University of Beirut: An ESD Initiative in the Arab World

Autor/inn/en	Zurayk, Rami; El-Fadel, Mutasem; Nuwayhid, Iman
Titel	The Interfaculty Graduate Environmental Sciences Program of the American University of Beirut: An ESD Initiative in the Arab World
Quelle	In: International Review of Education, 56 (2010) 2-3, S.299-314 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0020-8566
DOI	10.1007/s11159-010-9161-0
Schlagwörter	Interdisciplinary Approach; Arabs; Foreign Countries; Thinking Skills; Graduate Study; Systems Approach; Critical Thinking; Change Agents; Program Evaluation; Models; Sustainable Development; Environmental Education; Educational Development; Educational Principles; Instructional Effectiveness; Educational Policy; Educational Strategies; Competency Based Education; Lebanon + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Arab; Araber; Ausland; Denkfähigkeit; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Systemischer Ansatz; Kritisches Denken; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Analogiemodell; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Bildungsentwicklung; Bildungsprinzip; Unterrichtserfolg; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Lehrstrategie; Education; Competence; Competency; Competency-based education; Unterricht; Kompetenzorientierte Methode; Libanon
Abstract	The American University of Beirut's Interfaculty Graduate Environmental Sciences Program was launched in 1997 as a means of addressing salient issues on the environment and development in Lebanon and the Arab World using an interdisciplinary approach. The programme adopts a student-centred learning approach and aims to develop critical and systems thinking skills to produce socially and environmentally conscious leaders and agents of change in the Arab World. In this paper, we provide an evaluation of the programme's ESD dimensions using the criteria of interdisciplinarity, local relevance and competence-based learning. This is followed by a critical analysis of the programme's potential for use as a model in the Arab World. We find that, while the model may be useful in providing inspiration and a good practice case, its transfer "as is" to institutions of higher education in the Arab World or even in Lebanon is unlikely, and perhaps undesirable, in view of the inherently diverse nature of Arab universities. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10