Volume 7, Issue 1 (2011) | Journal of Social Sciences

Education to Face the Wicked Challenges of Sustainability

Bland Tomkinson — 2010-12-18

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 18 December 2010; doi:10.3844/jssp.2011.1.5

Problem statement: The nature of sustainable development requires new paradigms for education. Issues of sustainability are ‘wicked problems’ that do not lend themselves to conventional didactic a...

Integrating Sustainability into Teaching and Research at the University of the South Pacific to Enhance Capacity for the Sustainable Development of Pacific Island Countries

Kanayathu C. Koshy — 2010-12-18

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 18 December 2010; doi:10.3844/jssp.2011.6.12

Problem statement: Pacific Island countries have been recognised globally as a ‘special case for environment and Sustainable Development (SD)’ because of their extreme vulnerability to a host of ...

Higher Education for Sustainable Development: Students' Perspectives on an Innovative Approach to Educational Change

Matthias Barth — 2010-12-18

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 18 December 2010; doi:10.3844/jssp.2011.13.23

Problem statement: With Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) being an innovative approach to educational change, its principal objective is students’ development of transformation com...

Who Really Cares About Higher Education For Sustainable Development?

Torsten Richter — 2010-12-18

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 18 December 2010; doi:10.3844/jssp.2011.24.32

Problem statement: It is agreed that integrating Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) into the curricula of universities is of key importance to disseminate the idea of sustainability. ...

Assessing the Environmental Attitude among Pupil Teachers in Relation To Responsible Environmental Behavior: A Leap towards Sustainable Development

Sudeshna Lahiri — 2010-12-18

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 18 December 2010; doi:10.3844/jssp.2011.33.41

Problem statement: Recognizing the importance of ’Environmental Education’ to be introduced in every level of school education, agencies responsible for curriculum reforms and text books preparati...

Green Chemistry: Educating Prospective Science Teachers in Education for Sustainable Development at School of Educational Studies, USM

Mageswary Karpudewan — 2010-12-18

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 18 December 2010; doi:10.3844/jssp.2011.42.50

Problem statement: Agenda 21 of Chapter 36 spelled out the role of education in imparting knowledge that could develop behavioral change that leads to sustainable lifestyle. In line with this, Univers...

Effects of an Educational Scenario Exercise on Participants' Competencies of Systemic Thinking

Simon Burandt — 2010-12-18

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 18 December 2010; doi:10.3844/jssp.2011.51.62

Problem statement: Education for sustainable development (ESD) aims to shape key competencies of individuals and therefore needs methods to enable learners to acquire these competencies. Systemic thin...

Monitoring Educational Organizations' Culture of Sustainable Consumption: Initiating and Evaluating Cultural Change in Schools and Universities

Daniel Fischer — 2010-12-18

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 18 December 2010; doi:10.3844/jssp.2011.63.75

Problem Statement: Patterns of consumption are considered as a main driver of unsustainable development. In the debate, education and educational organizations are unisonous considered as a key player...

Social and Environmental Accounting Education and Sustainability: Educators' Perspective

Norhayah Zulkifli — 2010-12-18

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 18 December 2010; doi:10.3844/jssp.2011.76.89

Problem statement: It is asserted that any attempt to account for sustainability will need to reflect the tensions which exist between conventional accounting with its record of wealth accumulation an...

Sustainability Education-A Challenge for South-East Asia and Europe

Renate Kärchner-Ober — 2010-12-18

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 18 December 2010; doi:10.3844/jssp.2011.90.99

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 s...

A Review on Higher Education for Sustainable Development - Looking Back and Moving Forward

Matthias Barth — 2011-01-03

Journal of Social Sciences, Published online: 3 January 2011; doi:10.3844/jssp.2011.100.103