Sustainability education - A challenge for South-East Asia and Europe.
Problem statement: South-East Asia and Europe face rapid changes in social, economical and political terms. Though starting points are different, both regions experience similar problems. We see a strong slowdown of economic growth; changing proportions of the population through migration, natural d...
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| description | Problem statement: South-East Asia and Europe face rapid changes in social, economical and political terms. Though starting points are different, both regions experience similar problems. We see a strong slowdown of economic growth; changing proportions of the population through migration, natural disasters, economic reasons and aging populations. Problems and conflicts occur in the first
decade of the new millennium, as a lot of changes in
the educational sector have been undertaken. This study deals with sustainability education in both regions.
Approach: In particular, we compare issues of higher education in Malaysia and Germany. We explore current tendencies and changes from various perspectives and how they fit into a concept of sustainability education. (Or is it education to sustainability, respectively sustainable education?) Results: It is shown, that sustainability in the
educational field is possible only, if related to a socio-cultural context that considers the disposition of the individual; instead of using assumptions gathered and subsequently transferred from a society distinct in its predominant descriptors, respectively from determinators of some abstract industrial process demands.
Conclusion: Sustainable education is recognized as a not a priori transferable entity in the global context. It must rather be contextualized and suitably embedded into individual and divers societal environs. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-242912015-09-22T03:48:52Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24291/ Sustainability education - A challenge for South-East Asia and Europe. Kaerchner-Ober, Renate Dippel, Uwe Problem statement: South-East Asia and Europe face rapid changes in social, economical and political terms. Though starting points are different, both regions experience similar problems. We see a strong slowdown of economic growth; changing proportions of the population through migration, natural disasters, economic reasons and aging populations. Problems and conflicts occur in the first decade of the new millennium, as a lot of changes in the educational sector have been undertaken. This study deals with sustainability education in both regions. Approach: In particular, we compare issues of higher education in Malaysia and Germany. We explore current tendencies and changes from various perspectives and how they fit into a concept of sustainability education. (Or is it education to sustainability, respectively sustainable education?) Results: It is shown, that sustainability in the educational field is possible only, if related to a socio-cultural context that considers the disposition of the individual; instead of using assumptions gathered and subsequently transferred from a society distinct in its predominant descriptors, respectively from determinators of some abstract industrial process demands. Conclusion: Sustainable education is recognized as a not a priori transferable entity in the global context. It must rather be contextualized and suitably embedded into individual and divers societal environs. Science Publications 2011 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24291/1/Sustainability%20education.pdf Kaerchner-Ober, Renate and Dippel, Uwe (2011) Sustainability education - A challenge for South-East Asia and Europe. Journal of Social Sciences, 7 (1). pp. 90-99. ISSN 1549-3652 http://www.scipub.org/ English |
| spellingShingle | Kaerchner-Ober, Renate Dippel, Uwe Sustainability education - A challenge for South-East Asia and Europe. |
| title | Sustainability education - A challenge for South-East Asia and Europe. |
| title_full | Sustainability education - A challenge for South-East Asia and Europe. |
| title_fullStr | Sustainability education - A challenge for South-East Asia and Europe. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainability education - A challenge for South-East Asia and Europe. |
| title_short | Sustainability education - A challenge for South-East Asia and Europe. |
| title_sort | sustainability education a challenge for south east asia and europe |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24291/1/Sustainability%20education.pdf |
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