Arran Stibbe, University of Gloucestershire
Communication and media studies curricula have always
prepared students to be responsive to the changing world around them through
critical, systemic and creative thinking. This article considers some
of the global challenges that students are likely to face as they lead
their lives in the twenty-first century (peak oil, climate instability, food
insecurity, etc.) and questions whether curricula will need to become more
grounded in the ecological embedding of human minds, individuals and
societies within the larger systems that support life.
This article, although now 3 years old, is still very relevant today. For example, there is reference to Education for Sustainable development (ESD) in the draft Learning and Teaching Chapter of the UK Quality Code for Higher Education which is currently out for consultation and accessible from QAA's website until 25 July (see our 'GENERAL NEWS - from HE' post dated 8 June)
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