Education for Sustainability, Graduate Capabilities, Professional Employment: How they all connect
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In: Australian Journal of Environmental Education, Vol. 29, No. 1, 07.2013, p. 33-51.
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T1 - Education for Sustainability, Graduate Capabilities, Professional Employment: How they all connect
AU - Thomas, Ian
AU - Barth, Matthias
AU - Day, Teresa
N1 - Special Issue
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - Education for Sustainability (EfS) has an intimate relationship with professional employment as we seek to develop graduates who will take EfS values and understanding into their workplaces to build a sustainable future. The connection is through the capabilities that employers are wanting in the people they employ, and they are the outcomes of the educational experiences that we educators provide for the graduates. This article discusses the role of capabilities and their articulation in universities, particularly the types of capabilities sought by employers, both in Australia and more generally. We discuss similarities and differences articulated by academics and industry, and the implications for curriculum design and outcomes. In parallel, we note the discussion of capabilities associated with EfS and identify similarities with more broadly defined graduate capabilities. Research associated with the exploration of the breadth of the environment profession provides examples of the connections. These insights combine to highlight tension between what is sought by industry and what is needed to embed sustainable development actions into industry through the change agents graduated from our universities.
AB - Education for Sustainability (EfS) has an intimate relationship with professional employment as we seek to develop graduates who will take EfS values and understanding into their workplaces to build a sustainable future. The connection is through the capabilities that employers are wanting in the people they employ, and they are the outcomes of the educational experiences that we educators provide for the graduates. This article discusses the role of capabilities and their articulation in universities, particularly the types of capabilities sought by employers, both in Australia and more generally. We discuss similarities and differences articulated by academics and industry, and the implications for curriculum design and outcomes. In parallel, we note the discussion of capabilities associated with EfS and identify similarities with more broadly defined graduate capabilities. Research associated with the exploration of the breadth of the environment profession provides examples of the connections. These insights combine to highlight tension between what is sought by industry and what is needed to embed sustainable development actions into industry through the change agents graduated from our universities.
KW - Sustainability Science
KW - university
KW - sustainability
KW - capabilities
KW - education
KW - employment
KW - Sustainability education
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84883331021&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/aee.2013.14
DO - 10.1017/aee.2013.14
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 29
SP - 33
EP - 51
JO - Australian Journal of Environmental Education
JF - Australian Journal of Environmental Education
SN - 2049-775X
IS - 1
ER -