Educación, medio ambiente y sustentabilidad

Educación, medio ambiente y sustentabilidad

Author: Edgar Javier González Gaudiano

Publisher: Siglo XXI

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 6073000480

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El debate sobre el desarrollo sustentable se ha extendido al campo de la educación. Esto ha sido resultado sobre todo de la declaratoria del Decenio de las Naciones Unidas de la Educación para el Desarrollo Sustentable (2005-2014), si bien la controversia se había iniciado desde mediados de la década de los años noventa, sobre todo a partir de la circulación del documento base mediante el cual se convocó a la conferencia Internacional sobre Ambiente y Sociedad: Educación y Conciencia Pública para la Sustentabilidad, convocada por la UNESCO y el gobierno de Grecia, en Tesalónica en 1997. Diversas posturas a favor y en contra dentro de la comunidad los educadores ambientales han nutrido con variados puntos de vista este debate. Un debate que no se restringe a defender la identidad del gremio, ni a recursar sin fundamento una propuesta institucional encabezada por la UNESCO. Se trata de una disputa por la construcción del tipo de sociedad al que aspiramos. Asunto en el que los procesos educativos desempeñan un papel de primer orden. Como quiera, con el pretexto de la década se ha reactivado una discusión que era necesaria dentro del campo de la educación ambiental, desedimentando numerosos tópicos que requerían ser revisados a profundidad, no sólo debido a la lábil y vertiginosa realidad de los tiempos actuales, sino por los precarios resultados de los procesos educativos de cara al problema del progresivo deterioro de nuestro entorno vital. Dichos resultados han sido consecuencia de numerosos factores, nos corresponde revisar por qué los procesos educativos han operado dentro de la gestión ambiental con una perspectiva eminentemente instrumental. Y, por qué en la gestión educativa, la educación ambiental ha terminado por acomodarse dentro de la castrante estructura de un currículo que ya ha perdido todas sus posibilidades heurísticas. Un currículum escolar, como la Escuela misma en su conjunto, que requiere también una revisión de fondo porque los valores que trasmite son insustentables. Sin embargo, la respuesta a todo esto no es la educación para el desarrollo sustentable y algunas de las razones que convalidan esta postura se encuentran en este libro. Así, esta obra reúne a once distintos autores de México, España, Canadá, Australia, Sudáfrica y Nueva Zelanda que exponen sus puntos de vista sobre las implicaciones de la educación para el desarrollo sustentable, sobre el propio Decenio de Naciones Unidas y sobre el campo de la educación ambiental. Son trabajos indispensables para quienes se encuentran en estas tareas o pretenden adscribirse a ellas. Son trabajos críticos también para los educadores en general, pues este debate trasciende este campo e irradia consecuencias para el campo social en su conjunto.


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Publisher: IICA

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Total Pages: 245

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Knowledge Society and Education in the Asia-Pacific

Knowledge Society and Education in the Asia-Pacific

Author: José Ernesto Rangel Delgado

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-07-21

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9811623333

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This book explores recent trends in the knowledge-based society and education field in Asia-Pacific and discusses future challenges in the region. It presents studies on the development of scientific thought in the field on the knowledge-based society in the Pacific Circle. This book explores the theoretical framework of the knowledge-based society framed by the borders imposed by the Pacific Ocean, particularly from the perspective of the Pacific Circle Consortium (PCC), in the face of a paradigm shift to satisfy the human needs that must be preserved to guarantee economic and human conditions that future development requires. It analyzes how education relates to the knowledge society in the Asia Pacific region, and considers global issues such as environmental degradation, climate change, pollution, soil erosion, growth of the population. It discusses how these issues concerns parents, educators, civil societies and governments of the countries around the Pacific Circle. This book explores the necessity of changing the current transformative paradigm to one that ensures environmental sustainability, with the support of scientific education and research, as an issue that must be integrated into the curricula in schools at all educational levels.


Environmental Sustainability and Development in Organizations

Environmental Sustainability and Development in Organizations

Author: Clara Ines Pardo Martinez

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2021-05-21

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1000350886

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This book aims to analyze contexts and perspectives in the relationships between environmental sustainability, human development and organizations. The book combines different scientific approaches for enhancing our understanding of environmental sustainability, development economics and evaluate what the actual conditions in emerging economies are and how developing new process could improve the well-being of developing countries. Employing a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach, the authors work to determine the main related factors and outcomes of the relationship between challenges and new strategies in the environmental sustainability, ultimately seeking to guide public policies to enhance the welfare of the population of an emerging economy.


Handbook of Research on International Business and Models for Global Purpose-Driven Companies

Handbook of Research on International Business and Models for Global Purpose-Driven Companies

Author: Perez-Uribe, Rafael Ignacio

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2020-11-20

Total Pages: 589

ISBN-13: 1799849104

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International businesses struggle to be competitive and influential at the global market level. With the new ideas in the management and leadership disciplines, hard skills are losing or are believed to be losing their strategic relevance while soft skills are praised and highly sought after. The Handbook of Research on International Business and Models for Global Purpose-Driven Companies, a pivotal reference source, provides vital research on international business management strategies and applications within internal organizations that allow companies to strategically position themselves for increased success in the global economy. While highlighting topics such as organizational culture, internal communication, and generational workforce, this publication explores leadership disciplines as well as the methods of handling multicultural organizations. This book is ideally designed for entrepreneurs, executives, managers, business professionals, human resource officials, researchers, academicians, and students.


Environmental Education

Environmental Education

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Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 9087906153

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In Environmental Education: Identity, Politics and Citizenship the editors endeavor to present views of environmental educators that focus on issues of identity and subjectivity, and how 'narrated lives’ relate to questions of learning, education, politics, justice, and citizenship.


Ecocentrism for Knowledge Management and Sustainability

Ecocentrism for Knowledge Management and Sustainability

Author: David Israel Contreras-Medina

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2024-08-08

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 1040110843

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Through theoretical-practical studies, this book explains the foundational concepts of ecocentrism, knowledge management, and sustainability and advances the understanding of how ecocentric paradigms can be leveraged for the process of knowledge management and knowledge creation, showcasing various applications of this practice and illustrating advantages and disadvantages of adopting an eco-centric approach. With a focus on the three themes of sustainability, knowledge management, and ecocentrism, this edited volume presents practical case studies from various organizational contexts, illustrating how sustainability-related practices make use of knowledge management to meet their business objectives from an ecocentric perspective and highlighting the transversal application of this approach to various types of contexts. The book also addresses cases of how post-industrial organizations of the 21st century are using knowledge management in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals with reflections on ecocentrism. There is practical, theoretical, and methodological content, making this valuable to researchers, academics, and advanced students in the fields of knowledge management, sustainability, organizational studies and strategic management.


Sustainability Assessment in Higher Education Institutions

Sustainability Assessment in Higher Education Institutions

Author: Sandra Caeiro

Publisher: MDPI

Published: 2020-12-10

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 3039365355

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This Special Issue, “Sustainability Assessment in Higher Education Institutions”, provides peer-reviewed research from several geographies and institutions and covering various topics with the broad objective of achieving an assessment of the effectiveness and impact of different implementation dimensions, measuring and evaluating how sustainability is being applied in practice. A set of nine papers, covering sustainability education, interdisciplinary teaching, sustainable assessment, governance strategies, commitments and practices, and social responsibility at higher education institutions, contribute significantly to this area of knowledge.


Routledge Handbook of Higher Education for Sustainable Development

Routledge Handbook of Higher Education for Sustainable Development

Author: Matthias Barth

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2015-10-08

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 1317918118

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The Routledge International Handbook of Higher Education for Sustainable Development gives a systematic and comprehensive overview of existing and upcoming research approaches for higher education for sustainable development. It provides a unique resource for researchers engaged in the field of higher education for sustainable development by connecting theoretical aspects of the range of relevant methodologies, showing the interdisciplinary aspects of the research field and illustrating the breadth of research directions. With a team of international authors from leading universities in research and teaching in higher education for sustainable development this Handbook brings together a broad range of research approaches and shows how these approaches are reflected in the research practice in higher education for sustainable development. Key topics include: Research Paradigms and Methodologies Ongoing and Future Directions of Research Meta-Analysis and Reviews Policy and Politics Challenges for Implementation Action Research and Transdisciplinary Perspective Gender, Diversity and Post-Colonial Perspectives Operationalising Competencies Outcome-Oriented Research Curriculum Change Organisational Change and Organisational Learning Community and Partnerships University Appraisal Systems and Indicators Evaluation Approaches Engaging Academic Teachers Good Practice Learning and Teaching Transformative Leadership and Change Strategies This Handbook is an invaluable research and teaching tool for all those working in higher education for sustainable development.