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Publication Date: 2022
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Pre-Service Geography Teachers' Professional Competencies in Education for Sustainable Development
Ammoneit, Rieke; Turek, Andreas; Peter, Carina
Education Sciences, v12 Article 42 2022
The professional competencies pre-service geography teachers acquire in university influence their contribution to education for sustainable development (ESD) in their future school careers. We assessed pre-service geography teachers' (n = 100) competencies and attitudes towards the official, German ESD orientation framework to determine the specific need for higher education action. The results are a high competence assessment and even higher importance assigned to the ESD-related professional competencies. In the context of ESD, pre-service teachers are most confident in their content knowledge and social and personal competencies and least confident in their pedagogical knowledge. The cross-sectional analysis shows the perceived competence level rising with the semester number and a strong positive influence of the school practice module.
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Geography Instruction, Sustainable Development, Teacher Education Programs, Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Interpersonal Competence, Environmental Education, Guidelines, Case Studies, Self Efficacy, Secondary School Teachers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Secondary Education
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Identifiers - Location: Germany
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Data File: URL: https://doi.org/10.17192/fdr/78