Title: Structural transformation of education for sustainable development

Authors: Nisha Pandey, Vidyadhar Vedak

Addresses: MITCON Institute of Management, Sr. No. 33/1 Opposite Chatrapati Shivaji Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune-411045, India. ' MITCON Institute of Management, Sr. No. 33/1 Opposite Chatrapati Shivaji Sports Complex, Balewadi, Pune-411045, India

Abstract: Education is the key intervention for bringing change in knowledge, values, behaviours and lifestyles and is required to achieve sustainability and stability. There is a need to bring shifts in thinking, values and actions of individuals and institutions worldwide in order to make concern for sustainability a central theme in all education. This would be the most important contribution of educational institutes to the sustainability agenda. In dealing with this issue, the systems approach can offer a perspective more useful than analytical approaches, because the systems view is a way to thinking in terms of connectedness, relationships and context. The article delineates the role of knowledge, education and educational institutes in sustainable development and proposes a |mutual learning model|. The article is concluded with future direction of higher education.

Keywords: sustainable development; sustainability education; environmental education; knowledge; higher education.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2010.030063

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 2010 Vol.9 No.1/2/3, pp.3 - 15

Published online: 04 Dec 2009 *

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