?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Climate+change+in+higher+education%3A+a+curriculum+topography+approach&rft.creator=McCowan%2C+Tristan&rft.description=Learning+about+climate+change+is+widely+recognised+as+an%0D%0Aimportant+outcome+for+higher+education+students.+However%2C%0D%0Athere+is+uncertainty+as+to+the+best+way+to+incorporate+issues+of%0D%0Aclimate+into+the+curriculum%2C+whether+as+a+stand-alone+module%2C%0D%0Athrough+infusion+across+courses%2C+through+interdisciplinary%0D%0Aprovision%2C+or+informal+activities.+Furthermore%2C+there+is+resistance%0D%0Ain+some+quarters+to+introduction+of+this+content%2C+on+account%0D%0Aof+the+contested+values+involved%2C+the+overcrowding+of+the%0D%0Asyllabus%2C+and+lack+of+specialist+experience.+This+paper+addresses%0D%0Athe+arguments+for+including+climate+change+in+the+higher%0D%0Aeducation+curriculum%2C+assessing+the+different+forms+of+learning%0D%0Aneeded+by+citizens+and+professionals%2C+the+role+of+the+university%0D%0Aas+institution%2C+and+the+different+potential+forms+of+integration.%0D%0AThe+paper+puts+forward+a+proposal+for+a+topography+approach%2C%0D%0Aone+that+sees+the+role+of+the+university+not+as+teaching+climate%0D%0Achange%2C+but+as+curating+a+diverse+environment+of+learning%0D%0Aexperiences.+The+proposed+framework+sees+learning+as+being%0D%0Adistributed+across+three+spaces+(classroom%2C+campus+and%0D%0Acommunity)+and+characterised+by+features+of+access+(availability%2C%0D%0Avoluntariness+and+continuity)%2C+ownership+(agency%2C+malleability%0D%0Aand+certification)+and+connection+(embeddedness%2C+application%2C%0D%0Adisciplinarity%2C+transmodality%2C+collaboration+and+experientiality).%0D%0AWhile+universities+will+display+diverse+topographies+depending%0D%0Aon+their+contextual+characteristics%2C+there+are+important%0D%0Anormative+considerations+which+must+be+taken+into+account%2C%0D%0Anamely%3A+building+on+students%E2%80%99+existing+knowledge%2C+criticality%2C%0D%0Anon-coercion+and+epistemic+pluralism.&rft.publisher=Climate-U&rft.date=2021-10&rft.type=Working+%2F+discussion+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=++++(Transforming+Universities+for+a+Changing+Climate%3A+Working+Paper+Series++6).+Climate-U%3A+London%2C+UK.+(2021)+++++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10142639%2F1%2FWP6%252C%2520curriculum%2520topography.pdf&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10142639%2F&rft.rights=open