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Appendix A: Definitions of Key Terms and Phrases Used in the Report
Pages 125-130

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... Culture is increasingly included as a sustainability constraint (Pereira Roders and van Oers, 2011)
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... Sustainability Education Programs/Sustainability Programs in Higher Education This report uses the terms sustainability education programs and sustainability programs in higher education interchangeably. "Programs" covers the range of educational, research, and engagement activities that are part of educational and curricular offerings, and it includes undergraduate and graduate majors and associated degree programs, minors, certificate programs, concentration or specialization areas, practicums, service, and/or experiential learning activities.
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... . Sustainability Science Research Sustainability science research, a component of many sustainability in higher education programs, refers to use-inspired basic and applied research that advances both "useful knowledge and informed action" on sustainability issues (Clark, 2007)
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... The committee notes, however, that many interdisciplinary higher education programs that call themselves "Environmental Studies" or "Environment Sciences" align with the attributes of sustainability education (see the definition for this term)
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... 2005a. Barriers and pathways to creating sustainability education programs: Pol icy, rhetoric and reality.
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Key Terms

  • environmental education
  • sustainability science
  • education research
  • sustainable development
  • student learning

  • education sustainability
  • education refers
  • research sustainability
  • sustainability curricula
  • interdisciplinary environmental

  • creating sustainability
  • terms sustainability
  • experiential learning
  • natural environment
  • human development

  • offers entry
  • student research
  • teach students
  • preparing students
  • neering draws

  • education program
  • renewable energy
  • research differs
  • development goals
  • broader context

  • installing renewable
  • food waste
  • education institutions
  • sustainability range
  • interdisciplinary academic


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