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This chapter presents an overview of some of the change initiatives we undertook using our Embedding Change Model. Through five examplars, we illustrate how each of the organisations involved embedded change through connecting up with multiple partners. The exemplars illustrate how each university has taken account of their unique contexts, previous history of education for sustainability in the School/Faculty/University, any top-level policy support, and the experience of the teacher educators involved in leading change within their institutions. These examples illustrate that using the Model led to a flourishing of strategies and outcomes that have resulted in each teacher education institution uniquely embedding education for sustainability in their organisations and programs.
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Davis, J.M., Davis, J. (2019). Exemplars of the Embedding Change Model in Practice. In: Learning to Embed Sustainability in Teacher Education. SpringerBriefs in Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-9536-9_4
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