Education for Sustainable Development: Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation Expertise in Developing Countries

Shireen J Fahey; Luke Verstraten; Ashton Berry

doi:10.1177/0973408215625534

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Education for Sustainable Development: Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation Expertise in Developing Countries

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Education for Sustainable Development: Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation Expertise in Developing Countries

Shireen J Fahey, Luke Verstraten and Ashton Berry

Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, Vol.10(1), pp.54-67

2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0973408215625534

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Curriculum and Pedagogy

Sociology

Environmental Science and Management

small island developing states

large ocean states

stakeholder participation

framework for education needs assessment

climate change adaptation

This article presents the results of an innovative education capacity assessment and delivery project to promote sustainable development in large ocean states in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region. Science education can help prepare the present and coming generations for stability in an uncertain future. Limited financial, geographical and knowledge-based resources make large ocean states particularly vulnerable to future uncertainties, such as those associated with climate change. With island populations already feeling the impacts of a changing climate, improved adaptive capacity and disaster risk reduction have become increasingly essential. Thus, climate change adaptation forms the basis for a stakeholder-designed curriculum to meet the capacity-building needs of stakeholders. Partnerships between external experts and local stakeholders were formed to build upon human resource capacity and maximize delivery through a programme of "train-the-trainer" activities. In this way, the mentoring of local stakeholders to undertake their own training can advance sustainable development goals beyond traditional non-collaborative educational approaches. This article shows how this aim can be accomplished through the design and delivery of a phased, coherent professional development programme.

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Title: Education for Sustainable Development: Enhancing Climate Change Adaptation Expertise in Developing Countries
Authors: Shireen J Fahey (Author) - Strategic Adaptation Pty Ltd
Luke Verstraten (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Ashton Berry (Author) - University of Seychelles, United States
Publication details: Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, Vol.10(1), pp.54-67
Publisher: Sage Publications India Pvt. Ltd.
Date published: 2016
DOI: 10.1177/0973408215625534
ISSN: 0973-4082
Organisation Unit: School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy; School of Health and Sport Sciences - Legacy; School of Science, Technology and Engineering; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450204002621
Output Type: Journal article

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