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Sass, Wanda; Pauw, Jelle Boeve-de; Maeyer, Sven De; Petegem, Peter Van – Environmental Education Research, 2021
Action competence consists of the knowledge, willingness, and self-efficacy for contributing to a controversial issue such as sustainable development. As such, action competence in sustainable development (ACiSD) is a desired outcome of education for sustainable development (ESD). Still, the scarce instruments for measuring ACiSD that have been…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Sustainable Development, Early Adolescents
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Verhelst, Dries; Vanhoof, Jan; de Maeyer, Sven; Sass, Wanda; Van Petegem, Peter – Journal of Environmental Education, 2022
In this study, we investigate the relation between the school organization and outcomes of education for sustainable development, namely students' action competence in sustainable development. Data were collected among 629 students. At the organizational level, we collected data among 207 school staff concerning organizational characteristics…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Outcomes of Education, Institutional Characteristics, School Organization
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Sass, Wanda; Claes, Ellen; Pauw, Jelle Boeve-de; De Maeyer, Sven; Schelfhout, Wouter; Van Petegem, Peter; Isac, Maria Magdalena – Environmental Education Research, 2022
Based on the concept of action competence, the current study introduces an integrated framework of Professional Action Competence in Education for Sustainable Development (PACesd) described by three defining features: willingness, knowledge of pedagogical approaches, and self-efficacy. To validate this framework, we developed a questionnaire…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Teaching Methods, Environmental Education, Self Efficacy
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Sass, Wanda; Quintelier, Amy; Boeve-de Pauw, Jelle; De Maeyer, Sven; Gericke, Niklas; Van Petegem, Peter – Environmental Education Research, 2021
Young students have raised their voices in debates on what action for sustainable development (SD) is necessary. Nevertheless, research that gives voice to 10 to 13-year-olds while looking into SD issues in all their complexity of interrelated environmental, social, and socio-economic perspectives, is scarce. This study aims to give voice to these…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Student Attitudes, Peace, Social Change