How to \"integrate ESD into disciplines\" within HE seems a topical issue, at least amongst those who see \"promoting ESD\" as being important, as opposed, say, to changing curricula. \u00a0However, I think it's possibly (ie, probably) the wrong question. \u00a0I think I'd ask:<\/p>\n
How can disciplines integrate a focus on sustainability into what they do?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I think these questions can be rephrasing as:<\/p>\n
A<\/strong> \u2013 How [can we] integrate ESD into disciplines?<\/p>\n
B<\/strong> \u2013 How can disciplines [themselves] develop an integral focus on sustainability?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Superficially, of course, A and B look the same, and the outcome may well be of the same form and structure, but they start from different positions, and, in the way that I have set them out here, the development force is differently placed:<\/p>\n
In B<\/strong>, the locus of the activity is the discipline itself, and the process if one of absorption and assimilation, and the volition lies with those responsible for the discipline; it looks like an organic growth model.<\/p>\n
In A<\/strong>, however, the volition seems to be external (those promoting ESD) and the process seems one of penetration; it resembles an infection model.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In other words, A<\/strong> takes ESD seriously (and sees this as a supply-side issue); B<\/strong> takes the discipline seriously (recognising that it's really a demand-side issue). \u00a0Both say they take the learner seriously, but this seems questionable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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