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Verhelst, Dries; Vanhoof, Jan; Van Petegem, Peter – Environmental Education Research, 2022
Empirically based tools to map education for sustainable development within school organisations are not readily available, which is both a cause and a consequence of the scarce empirical and quantitative research on school organisations and education for sustainable development. In present study, the Education for Sustainable Development School…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Sustainable Development, School Organization
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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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Sinakou, Eleni; Donche, Vincent; Boeve-de Pauw, Jelle; Van Petegem, Peter – Environmental Education Research, 2021
Holistic and pluralistic instructional beliefs and instructional practices in Education for Sustainable Development are often considered of high importance to foster students' competences. This mixed-method study describes the development and the validation of the Holism-Pluralism in Education for Sustainable Development questionnaire (HPESD-Q) to…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Questionnaires, Teacher Attitudes
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Verhelst, Dries; Vanhoof, Jan; Van Petegem, Peter – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2023
While research on education for sustainable development (ESD) is expanding, empirical evidence on its impact and outcomes remains very limited. Moreover, the facilitating role of the school organization, while extensively documented in literature on school management and school effectiveness, is lacking. In this study we present and qualitatively…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Foreign Countries, School Effectiveness
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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