Climate Literacy and Innovations in Climate Change Education (eBook, PDF)

Distance Learning for Sustainable Development
Redaktion: Azeiteiro, Ulisses M.; Aires, Luísa; Leal Filho, Walter

• Format: PDF

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
• Seitenzahl: 388
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319701998
• Artikelnr.: 52943935

Autorenporträt

Ulisses M Azeiteiro is a Senior Professor and Coordinator of the Climate Change and Biodiversity Assets Unit from the Biology Department and Integrated Member/Senior Researcher of the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) at University of Aveiro in Portugal.  > 20), book chapters (> 50), special issues of scientific journals and papers in refereed journals (> 75 ISI and > 50 peer reviewed).  Walter Leal Filho (BSc, PhD, DSc, DPhil, DEd, DL, DLitt) is a Senior Professor and Head of the Research and Transfer Centre "Applications of Life Sciences" at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences in Germany, and Chair of Environment and Technology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is the initiator of the Word Sustainable Development Symposia (WSSD-U) series, and chairs the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme. Professor Leal Filho has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 300 publications, including books, book chapters and papers in refereed journals. Luísa Aires is Associate Professor at the Department of Education and Distance Learning of Universidade Aberta (UAb) (the single public distance education university in Portugal). She holds a Master's and a PhD in Education Sciences and her research interests focus on educational communication, interpersonal relationships in e-learning and qualitative methodologies in educational research.

Inhaltsangabe

Education for sustainability: Integrating Climate Change and Energy into Lifelong Learning Initiatives for Small Island Developing States.- Distance learning will enable climate refugees to avoid falling into the social risk trap.- Leaving No-one Behind: Improving Climate Change and Entrepreneurship Education in Sub-Saharan Africa through E-Learning and Innovative Governance Systems.- E-learning as tool to feed the world.- Online communities of practice empowering members to realize climate-smart agriculture in developing countries.