Abstract
Over a period of nearly two decades, starting in the late 1970s, faculty at Hawkesbury, in Australia, have been illustrating the significance of new paradigmatic approaches to agriculture and rural development. Not content to accept 'ecologically sustainable development' as mere rhetoric or perspective, they have been action researching their way to new understandings and practices of systemic inquiry and action for a better world. The present chapter records some of the high and low lights of that learning journey in which the faculty, students and collaborating farmers have together been pursuing an innovative pedagogy grounded in a synthesis of cognitive and systems theories.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Integrating Concepts of Sustainability into Education for Agriculture and Rural Development |
Editors | Wout van den Bor, Peter Holen, Arjen Wals, Walter Leal Filho |
Place of Publication | Germany |
Publisher | Peter Lang |
Pages | 289-303 |
Number of pages | 15 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783631364253 |
Publication status | Published - 2000 |
Keywords
- agriculture
- education, higher
- sustainability
- University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury