Translator Education and Sustainability

Gaps in sustainability education

Purpose – This paper aims to examine how both the amount and type of coursework impact students’ conceptualizations of sustainability. Previous research demonstrates that academic coursework influences students’ environmental attitudes, yet few studies have examined the impact of coursework on how students conceptualize “sustainability”. Design/methodology/approach – Data are examined from the ...

Education for Sustainability

Innovation and E - learning in Translator Education : A Singapore Experience

The last decades have seen the education of translators shift to several new dimensions, thanks to rapidly-developing technology and globalization. This paper presents an overview of the innovative development in devising integrated and detailed e-Learning plans and activities to enhance the design and delivery of the course content in the BA in Translation and Interpretation (BATI) programme. ...

Alternative Communications about Sustainability Education

In preparation for the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, UNESCO communicated its conceptualization of education for sustainable development (ESD). This paper does not assume that UNESCO was ineffective in communicating its approach to ESD; rather, the premise is that UNESCO’s actual message was not well received by everyone, with some pushing back with alternative communicatio...

FLOSS Education: Long-Term Sustainability

Learning in any environment has undergone major changes in recent times. Many of these changes are closely related or are similar to processes or solutions found traditionally in Free/Libre and Open Source (FLOSS) environments: peer to peer relationships, telematic support, use of new technologies, etc. [1] The purpose of this workshop is to bring together free software experts to discuss chall...