Doctor Subarna Sivapalan
Adjunct Fellow,
Dean's Unit, School of Education
Biography
Subarna Sivapalan is a senior academician and researcher from Malaysia. She obtained her Ph.D. in Engineering Education for Sustainable Development from the University of Nottingham. Subarna is the Co-Chair of the National Education for Sustainable Development Workgroup hosted by WWF Malaysia.
Subarna's research interests include higher education for sustainable development, higher education teaching and learning, sustainability communication and social transformation and development for sustainability. She has published close to 50 books, book chapters and journal papers in these areas.
Subarna is an Adjunct Fellow at the School of Education, Western Sydney University. She is presently engaged in a comparative study on manifestations of multiculturalism within sustainability agendas of higher education institutions in Australia and Malaysia, in collaboration with the United Nations Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, Greater Western Sydney and the Centre for Educational Research.
She is happy to co-supervise postgraduate reseach within the areas of higher education for sustainable development, higher education teaching and learning nd engineering education for sustainable development.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Sivapalan.
Professional Memberships
- Australian Association for Environmental Education (2014)
Interests
- Education for Sustainable Development
- Higher Education Teaching & Learning
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Dean's Unit, School of Education
Committees
- National Education for Sustainable Development Workgroup, WWF Malaysia
- Malaysian English Language Teaching Association
Contact
| Email: | S.Sivapalan@westernsydney.edu.au |
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| Phone: | TBA |
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| Location: | 19 Bankstown |
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Publications
Chapters in Books
- Sivapalan, S. and Subramaniam, G. (2021), 'Community education and partnerships for sustainable development: a way forward for Indigenous Asia', Social Ecology and Education: Transforming Worldviews and Practices, Routledge 9780367471088.
- Kanapathy, S., Lee, K., Mokhtar, M., Sivapalan, S., Zakaria, S. and Zahidi, A. (2020), 'Enculturing sustainable development concept through chemistry curriculum for education for sustainable development', Concepts and Approaches for Sustainability Management, Springer 9783030345679.
- Sivapalan, S. (2016), 'Engineering education for sustainable development in Malaysia : student stakeholders perspectives on the integration of holistic sustainability competences within undergraduate engineering programmes', Engaging Stakeholders in Education for Sustainable Development at University Level, Springer 9783319267326.
Journal Articles
- Filho, W., Voronova, V., Kloga, M., Paco, A., Minhas, A., Salvia, A., Ferreira, C. and Sivapalan, S. (2021), 'COVID-19 and waste production in households : a trend analysis', Science of the Total Environment, vol 777 .
- Kanapathy, S., Lee, K., Mokhtar, M., Zakaria, S. and Sivapalan, S. (2021), 'A framework for integrating sustainable development concepts into the chemistry curriculum towards achieving education for sustainable development in Malaysia', International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, vol 22, no 6 , pp 1421 - 1449.
- Leal Filho, W., Salvia, A., Frankenberger, F., Akib, N., Sen, S., Sivapalan, S., Novo-Corti, I., Venkatesan, M. and Emblen-Perry, K. (2021), 'Governance and sustainable development at higher education institutions', Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol 23, no 4 , pp 6002 - 6020.
- Ho, N., Sivapalan, S., Pham, H., Nguyen, L., Pham, A. and Dinh, H. (2020), 'Students' adoption of e-learning in emergency situation : the case of a Vietnamese university during COVID-19', Interactive Technology and Smart Education, vol 18, no 2 , pp 246 - 269.
- Abd Manan, T., Khan, T., Sivapalan, S., Jusoh, H., Sapari, N., Sarwono, A., Ramli, R., Harimurti, S., Beddu, S., Sadon, S., Kamal, N. and Malakahmad, A. (2019), 'Application of response surface methodology for the optimization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons degradation from potable water using photo-Fenton oxidation process', Science of the Total Environment, vol 665 , pp 196 - 212.
- Kanapathy, S., Lee, K., Sivapalan, S., Mokhtar, M., Zakaria, S. and Mohd Zahidi, A. (2019), 'Sustainable development concept in the chemistry curriculum : an exploration of foundation students' perspective', International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, vol 20, no 1 , pp 2 - 22.
- Abd Manan, T., Beddu, S., Khan, T., Mohtar, W., Sarwono, A., Jusoh, H., Kamal, N., Sivapalan, S. and Ghanim, A. (2019), 'Step by step procedures : degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in potable water using photo-Fenton oxidation process', MethodsX, vol 6 , pp 1701 - 1705.
- Kanapathy, S., Lee, K., Mokhtar, M., Zakaria, S., Sivapalan, S. and Zahidi, A. (2019), 'Sustainable chemistry teaching at the pre-university level : barriers and opportunities for university educators', International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, vol 20, no 4 , pp 784 - 802.
- Roslan, N., Izhar, L., Faye, I., Amin, H., Saad, M., Sivapalan, S., Karim, S. and Rahman, M. (2019), 'Neural correlates of eye contact in face-to-face verbal interaction : an EEG-based study of the extraversion personality trait', PLoS One, vol 14, no 7 .
- Malakahmad, A., Abd Manan, T., Sivapalan, S. and Khan, T. (2018), 'Genotoxicity assessment of raw and treated water samples using Allium cepa assay : evidence from Perak River, Malaysia', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol 25, no 6 , pp 5421 - 5436.
- Sivapalan, S. (2017), 'Sustainability, blended learning and the undergraduate communication skills classroom : negotiating engineering undergraduates' expectations and perceptions', On the Horizon, vol 25, no 1 , pp 7 - 23.
- Roslan, N., Izhar, L., Faye, I., Saad, M., Sivapalan, S. and Rahman, M. (2017), 'Review of EEG and ERP studies of extraversion personality for baseline and cognitive tasks', Personality and Individual Differences, vol 119 , pp 323 - 332.
- Sivapalan, S., Clifford, M. and Speight, S. (2016), 'Engineering education for sustainable development : using online learning to support the new paradigms', Australasian Journal of Engineering Education, vol 21, no 2 , pp 61 - 73.
Conference Papers
- Nguyen, H., Sivapalan, S. and Linh, N. (2020), 'Implementing an outcome-based education framework : case studies of FPT education', International Conference on Modern Educational Technology, Singapore.
- Kanapathy, S., Lee, K., Mokhtar, M., Syed Zakaria, S., Sivapalan, S. and Zahidi, A. (2018), 'The integration of sustainable development concept in Chemistry curriculum : a conceptual framework for the case of Pusat PERMAT Apintar [Trademark] Negara', World Engineering Education Forum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Sivapalan, S., Afsharian, A., Shafiq, N., Nuruddin, F. and Sivapalan, M. (2018), 'Communicating sustainability : context matters', World Engineering Education Forum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Afsharian, A., Sivapalan, S. and Md Nordin, S. (2018), 'Blended learning the higher education classroom : a critical review of developments within engineering education', World Engineering Education Forum, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Abd Manan, T., Malakahmad, A. and Sivapalan, S. (2016), 'Toxicological studies of Perak River water using biological assay', International Conference on Civil, Offshore and Environmental Engineering, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
PROJECT TITLE:
MULTICULTURALISM AND SUSTAINABILITY WITHIN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN AUSTRALIA AND MALAYSIA: AN EXPLORATION OF FORMS, BARRIERS AND SOLUTIONS, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MULTICULTURALLY INCLUSIVE HEFS FRAMEWORK
Synopsis of Research
Cultural diversity and the valuing of local and indigenous knowledge structures are significant objectives of the United Nations Decade for Education for Sustainable Development (UN-DESD) and the post 2015 SDGs. Interestingly though, the parameters of cultural diversity have largely been defined and scoped through monocultural philosophies and ideologies, which has, for the most part, neglected the rich sustainability philosophies, values, traditions, knowledge and skills that local and indigenous knowledge structures have to offer. Ironically also, much of these imbalanced representations of sustainability are, more often than not, envisioned as academic and institutional philosophies and practices within higher education institutions, which in turn shape distorted interpretations of higher educational outcomes and graduate competences for sustainability. With internationalization being a global higher education aspiration, universities are progressively becoming melting pots for diverse individuals, communities, ethnicities and cultures to assimilate. What this evidence further suggests, is that multiculturalism is a crucial HEfS objective to be met, and a core sustainability competence to be developed if higher education is to produce globally competitive graduates. Driven by socio-ecological, inclusive and transformative education theoretical orientations, this study, which is run in collaboration with the United Nations Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development, Greater Western Sydney, and the Centre for Educational Research, explores the forms, barriers and solutions for multiculturalism and sustainability within higher education institutions in Australia and Malaysia, and proposes multiculturally inclusive HEfS indicators and a framework which can be used as assessment and integration tools by institutions of higher learning wanting to incorporate or evaluate multiculturalism within their HEfS policies, educational philosophies, curriculum, pedagogy and practices.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Sivapalan.