Merritt Polk (Institutionen för globala studier, humanekologi); Per Knutsson (Institutionen för globala studier, humanekologi)

Working paper presented at the Society for Human Ecology (SHE) conference in Bar Harbor, Maine,

Konferensbidrag, övrigt

2006

engelska

During the spring of 2006, the Swedish government passed a bill legislating that all Swedish Universities must integrate sustainable development in their curriculum. At Gothenburg University (GU) work to achieve this goal is being affected by two main processes. The first, the Bologna process, includes course and program development for internationalizing and standardizing university curriculum and degrees that is being carried out in countries in the EU. The second includes processes surrounding how the new legislation regarding sustainable development can be integrated into the university curriculum.

Human ecology at GU has a long tradition of interdisciplinary curriculum that has focused on a problem driven analysis of the social, cultural and natural interactions that lie behind current environmental problems. This paper will present the new curriculum that is being developed at the Section of Human ecology with regard to both the Bologna internationalization process, as well as to how human ecology can stand as a core subject for education for sustainable development at GU. Some of the main areas that will be focused upon are: key topics and issues, theoretical and methodological integration, critical analytical and normative perspectives and the practical skills needed for working towards sustainable futures.

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