Integral Leadership Education for Sustinable Development

Abstract

To date, there is no well-established theoretical framework in the field of education for sustainable development. This study contributes to the literature by developing an integrated framework for environmental leadership education (i.e., Integral Leadership Education for Sustainable Development [ILESD]). The framework is an application of the all-quadrants, all-levels (AQAL) model of Integral Theory. Taking into consideration the viewpoints of students and educators, we propose two four-quadrant models that represent two types of ILESD models. One model represents components of environmental leadership inherent in students, while another model represents components of education programs. The ILESD models were utilized to evaluate the University of Tokyo’s Asian Program for the Incubation of Environmental Leaders (APIEL). The evaluation results suggest three challenges facing APIEL: 1) establishment of integrated environmental studies; 2) further curriculum development focusing on environmental leadership; and 3) establishment of an evaluation methodology vis-á-vis educational effectiveness