Lecturers’ Perspectives on Integrating Sustainable Development into Social Science Courses

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 383-398
Author(s):  
Mashitoh Yaacob ◽  
Zubaidah Mohd Nasir ◽  
Halimaton Saadiah Hashim
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Science Courses

Cultivating Global Citizens

2020 ◽  
pp. 492-506
Author(s):  
Jenna Andrews-Swann
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Cultural Difference ◽  
Standpoint Theory ◽  
Cultural Relativism ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Global Citizens ◽  
Science Courses

This chapter presents the author's experiences working with international content in the higher education classroom to explore successful examples of intercultural material that can benefit students pursuing a degree in any field. The author explores how social science courses in general, and anthropology courses in particular, that work from a foundation of cultural relativism and standpoint theory can equip students with important knowledge and skills that promote tolerance and respect of cultural difference. Finally, the author demonstrates that students finish courses like these with a better understanding of and appreciation for the cultural differences that exist all around them.

In the Shadow of Sustainable Development

2021 ◽  
pp. 21-72
Author(s):  
Christina Ergas
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Environmental Degradation ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Developing World ◽  
Metabolic Rift ◽  
Treadmill Of Production ◽  
History Of ◽  
Autonomous Development

The prevailing notion of sustainable development has remained ineffective at reducing environmental degradation and social inequalities. The chapter argues that sustainable development, as it has been conceived, is actually a shell game for creating neocolonial dependency in the developing world rather than more sustainable, self-sufficient nations. This chapter explains the history of colonization and urbanization, contextualizing the problem of weak, neoliberal, sustainable development using social science environmental theories, such as climate denialism, ecofeminism, environmental justice, metabolic rift, and treadmill of production. It then provides an alternative, a radical sustainability that is at once socially and ecologically egalitarian, or transformative, and restores the health of people and the planet, or regenerative. These cases are presented as alternatives to sustainable development and as examples of radical sustainability and self-sufficient, autonomous development.

A Global and Intergenerational Storm

2019 ◽  
pp. 13-38
Author(s):  
Kristina Diprose ◽  
Gill Valentine ◽  
Robert M. Vanderbeck ◽  
Chen Liu ◽  
Katie Mcquaid
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
International Policy ◽  
Original Contribution ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Human Sense

This chapter situates the INTERSECTION programme of research within wider international debates regarding the relationship between consumption and climate change. It explores how this relationship is addressed in arguments for environmental justice and sustainable development, and how it is reflected in international policy-making. This discussion highlights how climate change is typically cast as both an international and intergenerational injustice, or the convergence of a ‘global storm’ and an ‘intergenerational storm’. This chapter also situates the original contribution of the book within recent social science scholarship that explores how people live with a changing climate, advocating a ‘human sense’ of climate and social change, and outlines the main themes of the subsequent empirical chapters.

THE PRACTICE OF BUILDING INSPECTION IN MALAYSIAN TOTAL ASSET MANAGEMENT

2015 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adi Irfan Che Ani ◽  
Ahmad Sairi ◽  
Suhana Johar ◽  
Mohd Zulhanif Abd Razak ◽  
Norngainy Mohd Tawil
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Asset Management ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
Total Asset ◽  
Survey Report ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
Industry Professionals

The implementation of Total Asset Management (TAM) is important for sustainable development. Safety and security are aspects that need to be assured of in sustainable development. To ensure that the aspects are assured, the construction industry professionals who are involved in designing, creating, maintaining and disposing the assets should have knowledge in asset management. Therefore, this paper reveals the awareness, knowledge, and familiarity of construction industry professionals about asset management, particularly in terms of building inspection. The data was obtained by using a questionnaire-survey, in which questionnaires were distributed among 205 Malaysian Professionals from various fields. The data was analysed by using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software. The result shows that the majority of respondents are aware of the need for building inspection and the importance of it. However, they lack knowledge on how to perform a proper building inspection. This is because they are not familiar with the standards or protocols which are often used as a guide such as QLASSIC, RICS Building Survey Report, ASTM E-2018, CPBS101 and others. This is somehow related to many reports of building disasters which occur in Malaysia. To achieve sustainable development, all professionals involved in asset management should have sound knowledge of the principles of TAM, in order to implement it comprehensively.

Convergent Validity of the Templer, Collett-Lester, and Arabic Death Anxiety Scales: Rejoinder

2004 ◽  
Vol 94 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1171-1172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed M. Abdel-Khalek
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Anxiety Scale ◽  
Fear Of Death ◽  
Factorial Validity ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Science Courses ◽  
Pearson Correlations

The Templer Death Anxiety Scale, the Arabic Scale of Death Anxiety by Abdel-Khalek, and the Collett-Lester Fear of Death Scale were administered to a convenient sample of 81 male and female Kuwaiti undergraduates enrolled in social science courses ( M age = 22.0 yr., SD = 2.3). Pearson correlations between the total scores were significant and positive. Only one high-loaded factor was extracted and labeled General Death Anxiety, indicating good convergent and factorial validity of these scales.

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