Student Perceptions of Sustainability Education in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology

2013 ◽  
Vol 139 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Katherine Watson ◽  
Caroline Noyes ◽  
Michael O. Rodgers
Keyword(s):  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Georgia Institute ◽  
Institute Of Technology

Sustainability, Ethics and Education

2014 ◽  
pp. 424-440
Author(s):  
Tehmina Khan
Keyword(s):  
Learning Curve ◽  
Sustainability Education ◽  
Accounting Education ◽  
Steep Learning Curve ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Sustainability Ethics ◽  
Ethics Course ◽  
Royal Melbourne Institute ◽  
Institute Of Technology ◽  
Development Of Students

Accounting education has faced limitations as a highly technical and discipline-specific body of knowledge. The case presented in this chapter demonstrates and reflects on an attempt at incorporating the study of sustainability-related accounting knowledge through multiple forms of delivery and assessment. Sustainability-related material that draws from business, accounting and ethics' perspectives was included in an accounting ethics course for accounting majors at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University in Melbourne, Australia. This pedagogy has encouraged the development of students' soft skills including their emotional intelligence. Sustainability education has been found as engaging and thought provoking, albeit involving a steep learning curve for students as far as knowledge and awareness are concerned. It has allowed for the promotion of multiple and broader perspectives and education on key sustainability-related concerns, from a range of angles including ethics and accounting frameworks for sustainability as well as multidisciplinary approaches to sustainability and business.

scholarly journals Introduction

2009 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 617-618
Author(s):  
Graham Brightwell
Keyword(s):  
65Th Birthday ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Georgia Institute ◽  
Institute Of Technology

This Special Issue of CPC is devoted to papers from the conference honouring the 65th birthday of Tom Trotter, held at the Georgia Institute of Technology, May 5–9 2008. The organizing committee consisted of Graham Brightwell, Dwight Duffus, Stefan Felsner, Hal Kierstead, Prasad Tetali, Robin Thomas, Peter Winkler and Xingxing Yu.

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