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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
environmental science
You say you want a revolution? Transforming education and capacity building in response to global change
Environmental Science and Policy, Volume 28, Year 2013
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This paper considers the changes in education and capacity building that are needed in response to environmental and social challenges of the 21st Century. We argue that such changes will require more than adjustments in current educational systems, research funding strategies, and interdisciplinary collaborations. Instead, it calls for a deeper questioning of the assumptions and beliefs that frame both problems and solutions. We first discuss the challenges of transforming education and capacity building within five key arenas: interdisciplinary research; university education systems; primary and secondary education systems; researchers from the developing world; and the public at large and politicians. Our starting point is that any type of revolution that is proposed in response to global change is likely to reflect the educational perspectives and paradigms of those calling for the revolution. We differentiate between a circular revolution (as in the " plan-do-check-act cycle" often used in change management) versus an axial revolution (moving to a different way of thinking about the issues), arguing that the latter is a more appropriate response to the complex transdisciplinary challenges posed by global environmental change. We present some potential tools to promote an axial revolution, and consider the limits to this approach. We conclude that rather than promoting one large and ideologically homogenous revolution in education and capacity building, there is a need for a revolution in the way that leaders working with education and capacity building look at systems and processes of change. From this perspective, transformative learning may not only be desirable, but critical in responding to the challenges posed by global environmental change. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
O'Brien, Karen L.
Norway, Oslo
Universitetet I Oslo
Reams, Jonathan
Norway, Trondheim
Norges Teknisk-naturvitenskapelige Universitet
Caspari, Anne
Unknown Affiliation
Dugmore, Andrew
United Kingdom, Edinburgh
The University of Edinburgh
Faghihimani, Maryam
Norway, Oslo
Universitetet I Oslo
Fazey, Ioan R.A.
United Kingdom, Dundee
University of Dundee
Hackmann, Heide
France, Paris
International Science Council
Manuel-Navarrete, David
United States, Tempe
Arizona State University
Marks, John
France, Strasbourg
European Science Foundation
Miller, Riel
France, Paris
Unesco United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Raivio, Kari
Finland, Helsinki
Helsingin Yliopisto
Romero-Lankao, Patricia
United States, Boulder
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Virji, Hassan
United States, Washington
International Start Secretariat
Vogel, Coleen H.
South Africa, Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University
Winiwarter, Verena
Austria, Klagenfurt
Alpen-adria-universität Klagenfurt
Statistics
Citations: 110
Authors: 15
Affiliations: 13
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.envsci.2012.11.011
ISSN:
14629011
e-ISSN:
18736416