“Sustainability” in higher education: From doublethink and newspeak to critical thinking and meaningful learning

摘要: It is higher education’s responsibility to continuously challenge and critique value knowledge claims that have prescriptive tendencies. Part of this lies in engaging students socio‐scientific disputes. The ill‐defined nature sustainability manifests itself such disputes when conflicting values, norms, interests, reality constructions meet. This makes – its need for contextualization the debate surrounding it pivotal education. offers an opportunity reflection on mission our universities colleges, but also a chance enhance quality learning process. paper explores both overarching goals process education from emancipatory view with regard sustainability.