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Publication Date: 2013
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Clearing the Path That Has Been Laid: A Conceptualisation of Education for Sustainable Development
Bentham, Hayley
Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, v15 n2 p25-41 2013
Education for sustainable development (ESD) has become so crucial that we have tried to smear it on anything and everything that is teachable. The consequence is that almost everything we do may be said to contain weak attributes of ESD even if we know nothing significant about it. This paper attempts to reveal an understanding of ESD that is informed by an exploration of policy language and agenda and recent literature in the field. The exploration of policy reveals the possible cause for previous inadequate implementation of ESD. An exploration of policy and literature reveals some key competencies that are advocated for through ESD. Insight into how policy has shifted from an ecological to a development focus and substantiation for why this shift is important in addressing current sustainable development issues serves to inform the interpretation of ESD. Finally, the analysis of policy and literature is triangulated to develop a framework that may assist ESD stakeholders in identifying ESD competencies in policy and practice. It is hoped that through this engagement with selected texts a more informed and complex insight into ESD and its features may be developed.
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Guidelines, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis, Competence, Educational Quality, Educational History, Poverty, Economic Development, Accountability
UNESCO Chair on Interplay of Tradition and Innovation in ESD. Parades 1-220, Daugavpils University, Daugavplis LV-5401, Latvia. Tel: 371-6542-5452; Fax: 371-6542-2890; e-mail: unescochair@du.lv; Web site: http://www.du.lv
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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