Transforming Education for Sustainable Development Global Perspectives from Classroom to Practice

1 Transforming education for sustainable development: Global perspectives from classroom to practice

Glenn Galloway, Pádraig Carmody, Karen Brown, Lucia Rodriguez, and Larry A. Swatuk

2 Retaining essence while embracing institutional and regional diversity around the world: A challenge of education for sustainable development practice

David Wilsey, Amanda Sames, and Flávia Souza Rocha

3 Paradigms in practice: Accommodating and capitalizing on diversity in student views regarding sustainable development in the Master of Development Practice program

Larry A. Swatuk and Glenn Galloway

4 Decolonizing education in development practice: Experiences and challenges from India, Nigeria, Sweden, and the US

Emily van Houweling, Muriel Côte, Swarup Dutta, Catia Gregoratti, Donya Zikry, Nathan Jeide-Detweiler, Lanre Olaniyan, and David Wilsey

5 Knowledge, knowledge domains, and cognitive skills for sustainable development practitioners

Glenn Galloway, Ignacio Porzecanski, Michelle Reddy, Levy Odera, and Muthusami Kumaran

6 MDP "field" practicum: Co-production of applied knowledge through experiential learning

Glenn Galloway, Orly Movshovitz-Landskroner, Carla Roncoli, Lucia Rodriguez, Esther Eshiet, Ife-oluwa Caleb, Julia Lynn Crocco, Muthusami Kumaran, Jeffrey Sayer(Annex) and Intu Boedhihartono(Annex)

Annex: Learning landscapes

Jeffrey Sayer and Intu Boedhihartono　

7 Case study: Critical examination of IFAD Universities Win–Win Program

Lucia Rodriguez, Susanne Harnett, Sharon Tshipa, and Lijing Zhou

8 The Global Master of Development Practice (MDP) Program and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Karen Brown, Ahmadou Aly Mbaye, Lucia Rodriguez, and Shuting Shi

9 "On the job": MDP alumni perspectives on employment in sustainable development professions

Erica Odera, Kendal Stewart, July Dayane Nelson, Januaria Mello, Idowu Ogunyemi, Pragyi Baghel, Nnamdi Umunnabuike, and Emmanuel Ejewule

10 Toward 2030: Development education for the next generation

Karen Brown, Glenn Galloway, Lucia Rodriguez, Pádraig Carmody, and Larry A. Swatuk

Biography

Glenn Galloway is Director to the Master of Sustainable Development Practice Program at the University of Florida, co-coordinated by the Centers for Latin American Studies and for African Studies. Previously, he served as Dean of the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE) Graduate School based in Costa Rica.

Karen Brown is former Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, director of the Sustainable Development Goals Initiative, and co-founder of the Master of Development Practice at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Brown’s academic interests include gender and global public policy, interdisciplinary and global social justice education.

Pádraig Carmody is Professor in Geography at Trinity College, the University of Dublin, and a Senior Research Associate at the School of Tourism and Hospitality at the University of Johannesburg. He directs the Masters in Development Practice at Trinity.

Lucia Rodriguez is the Director of the Global MDP Secretariat. Through her guidance and support she fosters growth and the development of the global consortium of MDP programs. With over 20 years in international education, she has scaled projects, fundraised, and developed innovative programs.

Larry A. Swatuk is Emeritus Professor in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Previously, he was Lecturer in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies and Associate Professor of Natural Resources Governance at the Okavango Research Institute, University of Botswana.

'The Global Association of the Master’s in Development Practice is a unique, transformative, educational experiment. This important book reflects on the lessons and techniques of the MDP network in a time when deeper international cooperation is essential for planetary survival, peace and prosperity.'

Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland