Educating Leaders in Sustainability using History

Elizabeth Summerfield (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

225 Seiten

2023 | Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-0224-6 (ISBN)

Infos

History is not typically the discipline of choice for teaching leadership thought for tackling complex environmental problem-solving. This book argues for its inclusion in programs for all ages. It argues that learning how to think in non-linear, non-binary ways - or systems thinking - leads to the successful resolution of such problems. It argues this through the use of historical case studies of the innovation of forest management in Australia and the United States of America. It argues that such problem-solving approaches can be taught from an early age, but can also be learned by leaders of any age. The particular historical context of such problems obviously changes over time, but this book argues that the principles of tackling them do not.

Autor

Dr Elizabeth Summerfield is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences at the University of Melbourne (Australia). Her doctoral research examined the practical and thought leadership of Australia’s first forest service. She has worked in educational policy, programs and practice across government bodies, universities and non-government agencies. Her work seeks to uncover the less visible influences on successful leadership in the history of natural and national conservation, and to reveal what lessons current leaders may learn from them.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheinungsdatum: 02.02.2024
• Verlagsort: Newcastle upon Tyne
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 148 x 212 mm
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• ISBN-10: 1-5275-0224-4 / 1527502244
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5275-0224-6 / 9781527502246
• Zustand: Neuware