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Sustainability and Teaching in Higher Technological Education

Tom V. Nilsen

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Precautionary principleSustainable developmentEngineering educationPolitical scienceSocial sustainabilityPedagogySustainabilitySystems thinkingEngineering ethicsCommissionSustainability organizations

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In this chapter, Sustainability and Teaching in Higher Technological Education, Tom V. Nilsen argues for technological education that sees technology in a holistic perspective. The chapter starts with World Commission on Environment and Development (Report of the world commission on environment and development: Our common future, 1987, New York, NY: United Nations) and moves on to engineering education. It is recognised that the implications for universities are radical. The idea of the Honest Broker is presented. Via Giddens and Habermas, and systems thinking, there are links to other disciplines which are discussed in other chapters.

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2015-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15919-5_7