Teaching sustainable development and environmental ethics: the IBMB-concept of bringing theory and practical cases together

C. Jung; B. Elger

Teaching sustainable development and environmental ethics: the IBMB-concept of bringing theory and practical cases together

In: Climate change and sustainable development

Authors:

C. Jung

C. Jung Institute for Bio- and Medical Ethics (IBMB), University of Basle, Missionsstr. 24, 4055 Basel, Switzerland

Search for other papers by C. Jung in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed

and

B. Elger

B. Elger Institute for Bio- and Medical Ethics (IBMB), University of Basle, Missionsstr. 24, 4055 Basel, Switzerland

Search for other papers by B. Elger in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed

Type:: Chapter

Pages:: 496–501

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.3920/9789086867530_0078

Purchase instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):

€42.00€35.00 excl. VAT

Add to Cart

Redeem Access Token

University courses often have high academic standards but lack a reference to the ‘real world’. Students do not get in contact with practical cases, a fact that needs to be changed, especially when it comes to environmental ethics. Sustainable development and environmental ethics as a university subject give educators the opportunity to sensitize future natural scientists to multi-faceted environmental problems. Teaching sustainable development and environmental ethics is therefore an interdisciplinary challenge that means bringing together philosophical ideas and concrete practical cases, at the local, regional, and global levels. It enables students to appreciate different points of view, to identify conflicts and to develop problem-solving strategies. This is best done with a combination of diverse teaching methods and access to the field of environmental problems. In our curriculum, we use team teaching methods with two members of our institute. We combine this with external expertise: for every session, an expert from a concrete field of application is invited (for example a geologist to talk about renewable resources or a biologist to inform about biodiversity). These experts introduce important sustainability issues to the students in a short talk, after which our teaching team prepares case examples that present problems related to the talk. These cases are then processed by students in small groups over a short time period. It is the students’ job to identify ethical issues and to prepare first suggestions of possible solutions. Later, group results are presented to the entire class. After a plenary discussion, results are summarised by the teaching team, contextualised in terms of current scientific discussions, and commented on by the external expert. This teaching concept combines insights of ‘real world’ problems with interactions with experts, giving students an ethical-philosophical toolkit for their later work. To spread this concept is therefore very important.

Citation Info

Save
Cite
Email this content

Share link with colleague or librarian

You can email a link to this page to a colleague or librarian:
Email this content
or copy the link directly:

https://brill.edhh.ma/abstract/book/9789086867530/BP000078.xml
The link was not copied. Your current browser may not support copying via this button.

Link copied successfully

Collapse
Expand

Climate change and sustainable development

Ethical perspectives on land use and food production

E-Book ISBN:: 9789086867530

Publisher:: Wageningen Academic

Print Publication Date:: 15 Nov 2012

Subjects
- Life Sciences

Metrics

	All Time	Past 365 days	Past 30 Days
Abstract Views	112	50	8
Full Text Views	2	0	0
PDF Views & Downloads	1	0	0

African Studies	Education	Media Studies
American Studies	History	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Ancient Near East and Egypt	Human Rights and Humanitarian Law	Musicology
Art History	International Law	Philosophy
Asian Studies	International Relations	Religious Studies
Biblical Studies	Jewish Studies	Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Biology	Languages and Linguistics	Social Sciences
Book History and Cartography	Life Sciences	Theology and World Christianity
Classical Studies	Literature and Cultural Studies

Subjects

Authors

Open Access

Product Information

Company

Contact

Teaching sustainable development and environmental ethics: the IBMB-concept of bringing theory and practical cases together

Citation Info

Share link with colleague or librarian

Climate change and sustainable development

Ethical perspectives on land use and food production

Table of Contents

Metrics

Metrics