1. Learning settings to face climate change
- Author
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Matthias Barth and Simon Burandt
- Subjects
Knowledge management ,Complex problem-solving ,Higher education ,Computer science ,Comeptencies ,Strategy and Management ,Face (sociological concept) ,Competencies ,(HESD) ,Scenario analysis ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,Higher Education for Sustainable Development (HESD) ,Empirical research ,Climate change ,General Environmental Science ,Syndrome approach ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,Cross-linked thinking ,Sustainability science ,Higher Education for Sustainable Development ,Education for sustainable development ,Sustainability sciences, Communication ,Sustainability ,Key (cryptography) ,business - Abstract
Meeting the manifold challenges connected to climate change makes high demands on individual competencies. To prepare actors for those challenges learning settings are needed in higher education that are suitable for that goal. A theoretical framework for relevant key competencies can be found in the discourse of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). In this paper we introduce and discuss two learning settings that employ adapted sustainability science approaches: the syndrome approach and scenario analysis. Both approaches are discussed with reference to their didactic goals to foster the acquisition of the corresponding competencies. The usefulness of these two approaches in creating appropriate learning settings is demonstrated in empirical studies. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Published
- 2010