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Ferguson, Therese; Roofe, Carmel; Cook, Loraine D. – Environmental Education Research, 2021
The pursuit of sustainable development for individuals, societies, and nations is important for the global community given its emphasis on pursuing a harmonious balance between societal, economic, and environmental imperatives. With respect to formal education, teachers are critical agents in delivering sustainable development content, and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, High School Teachers
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Ferguson, Therese; Roofe, Carmel; Cook, Loraine D.; Bramwell-Lalor, Sharon; Hordatt Gentles, Carol – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2022
Formal education for sustainable development (ESD) is in large part dependent on capacity-building and training of teachers as they are the individuals who must both deliver ESD at the classroom level as well as utilize their own knowledge, values, and skills in support of sustainability. In this paper, teacher educators within a higher education…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Curriculum Development, Environmental Education, Equal Education
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Gajparia, Jaya; Strachan, Glenn; Vare, Paul; Ferguson, Therese – Discourse and Communication for Sustainable Education, 2021
This paper offers a rationale for how ESD related learning at postgraduate level can be assessed. It proposes a framework for evaluating whether assessments in Master's level programmes align with the pedagogical approach of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). If assessment is to contribute to the overall learning process, then the nature…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Masters Programs, Sustainable Development, Educational Assessment
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Ferguson, Therese – Environmental Education Research, 2023
Education for sustainable development (ESD) is a significant field for the Caribbean region and one that has been steadily developing from the 1980s onwards. The current ESD for 2030 framework offers an opportune moment for reflection on progress to-date, current challenges and future prospects for the field. With this in mind, this article shares…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries