Meeting the challenges of existential threats through educational innovation : a proposal for an expanded curriculum /: a proposal for an expanded curriculum. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Herner Saeverot.
• Editors: Saeverot, Herner
• Contents: Foreword Nils Chr. Stenseth 1. Basic Constructs in the Science of Sustainability Education Herner Saeverot and Glenn-Egil Torgersen 2. SSE-Based Frame of Reference. Outlines for a Global Curriculum: Turning Existential Threats into Resources Herner Saeverot and Glenn-Egil Torgersen 3. Climate change. Foundations for a Transformative Learning Agenda Jennifer Joy West, Helene Amundsen, Nathalie Schaller and Marianne Aasen 4. Biodiversity. The Decline in Global Biodiversity and How Education Can be Part of the Solution Louise McRae and Monika Böhm 5. Overpopulation: A Century of Debate that Deserves Re-Examination Colin Butler 6. Infectious Disease, Pandemics, and Education. From Miasms to Covid-19 Jörn Klein 7. Infectious Disease Threats—Antibiotic Resistance, Covid-19 and Future Pandemics Birgitte Freiesleben de Blasio 8. Holding Oneself in the World: Is there a Need for Good Egoism? Gert Biesta 9. Inequality: Education, Opportunity and Existential Threat Ron Thompson 10. Ideologies, Threats and Sustainability. How can Education and Knowledge of the Unforeseen Help Reduce the Threat Posed by Ideologies? Herner Saeverot and Glenn-Egil Torgersen 11. Understanding the Threat of Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Warfare Halvor Kippe, Stig Rune Sellevåg and Per Leines Lausund 12. Artificial Intelligence: Is the Power Matched with Responsibility? Marija Slavkovik 13. Ignorance and Truth Tomasz Szkudlarek Afterword Herner Saeverot
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 371.207; Educational change; Educational planning; Education -- Environmental aspects; Education -- Demographic aspects; Education -- Political aspects; War and education; Epidemics; Artificial intelligence -- Educational applications
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000467833; 9781000467802; 9781003019480
• Related ISBNs: 9780367894856
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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