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Teaching Sustainability as a Fundamental Value in Two-Year Colleges: Two Case Studies of Achievement and Adversity

Criner, Kimberly R.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1338561707

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2012, Master of Science (MS), Ohio University, Environmental Studies (Arts and Sciences).
While the need for environmental education in the U.S. has been recognized for more than 40 years, there is still no widely excepted standard for teaching it as a fundamental value in higher education. The environmental and socio-economic challenges facing society today demand more than just knowledge of the natural world, but of social and economic systems as well. Two-year schools have unique challenges and advantages when it comes to sustainability education. The case studies in this thesis explore these challenges and advantages with the intent of arriving at conclusions as to how two-year colleges are implementing sustainability education in spite of the dominant disciplinary paradigm of education. The key variables identified are constituents and institutional characteristics that either support or impede the integration of sustainability into the curriculum; the effects of external politics on sustainability education; and common barriers to making sustainability education a fundamental value in two-year institutions in the U.S.
Ted Bernard (Advisor)
Nancy J. Manring (Committee Member)
Geoffrey L. Buckley (Committee Member)
Stephen J. Scanlan (Committee Member)
111 p.
Higher Education; Sustainability
higher education; sustainability; environmental education; sustainability curriculum; two-year colleges

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  • Criner, K. R. (2012). Teaching Sustainability as a Fundamental Value in Two-Year Colleges: Two Case Studies of Achievement and Adversity [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1338561707

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Criner, Kimberly. Teaching Sustainability as a Fundamental Value in Two-Year Colleges: Two Case Studies of Achievement and Adversity. 2012. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1338561707.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Criner, Kimberly. "Teaching Sustainability as a Fundamental Value in Two-Year Colleges: Two Case Studies of Achievement and Adversity." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1338561707

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