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Sari Verachtert; Dieter Stiers – Environmental Education Research, 2024
Education for sustainable development aims at strengthening levels of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours beneficial for sustainable development which are crucial to tackle urgent sustainability-related global challenges. In this study, we present the results of a one-year panel study measuring levels of sustainable development knowledge,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Gender Differences
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Koskela, Teija; Kärkkäinen, Sirpa – Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability, 2021
Previous research shows that teachers are key players in supporting agency in the face of the biggest global challenges of our time, such as climate change and pollution, as teachers educate societies' future decision-makers. The aim of this study was to analyze student teachers' perceptions of change agency and sustainable development. In this…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Decision Making, Climate, Pollution
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Purkovic, Damir; Kovacevic, Stjepan; Luttenberger, Lidija Runko – International Journal of Technology and Design Education, 2023
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is becoming an important part of general education, based on a concept that includes three components: Environmental, Social and Economic. The sustainable development curriculum in Croatia is based on this concept, and activities in this area are mainly limited to environmental protection and ecological…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Environmental Education
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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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Julia Niederhauser; Corinne Vez; Andrina Jörg; Franziska Bertschy; Christine Künzli David; Georges Pfründer – Environmental Education Research, 2024
There exist already many practical projects that bring together Education for sustainable development (ESD) and artistic practices. They tie in with the transformative potential and the power that are attributed to the field of art in dealing with issues in the context of sustainable development. However, it is currently not clear how this…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Art, Art Activities
UNESCO Bangkok, 2021
This guidebook aspires to build a community where learning for sustainable development takes place everywhere for everyone as an ongoing practice. It introduces you to "Reflect-Share-Act," a process to discover and define sustainable development in your own contexts together with others in your community. The guide compiles resources…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Foreign Countries, Community Programs, Community Involvement
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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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Aydin, Suleyman; Keles, Pinar Ural – Shanlax International Journal of Education, 2021
Today, it is known that rapidly developing industrialization and urbanization seriously threaten the future of humanity. This situation brings to mind the concept of 'sustainable development'. The aim of this study is to determine the "Sustainable Development' awareness of prospective teachers in different branches. Survey method was used in…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Sustainable Development, Knowledge Level, Science Education
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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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Erjavšek, Martina; Lovšin Kozina, Francka; Kostanjevec, Stojan – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2021
Education for sustainable development is essential for the well-being of present and future generations and is one of the key objectives in the discipline of home economics. The purpose of this research was to ascertain whether in-service teachers of home economics recognise the opportunities to educate students about sustainable development in…
Descriptors: Family and Consumer Sciences, Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Curriculum Development
Flack, Isabelle – Online Submission, 2022
Environmental education, a growing field, is recognized as a crucial element in combating climate change for current and future generations. Although environmental education seeks to offer children a holistic worldview of nature while striving to inspire young thinkers, it is missing from most classrooms, specifically Montessori schools. The…
Descriptors: Montessori Schools, Montessori Method, Natural Resources, Outdoor Education
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Kim, JeongWon; Pang, JeongSuk – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2022
The purpose of the study was to explore how contents related to sustainable development were presented in Japanese, Korean, and Singaporean elementary mathematics textbooks. For this purpose, the contents in the textbooks were analyzed at both macro and micro levels through a mixed method research. The results showed that the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Mathematics, Textbooks, Textbook Content
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Fermín-González, Marlene; Echenique-Arginzones, Ada – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2022
The Early Childhood Education for Sustainability (ECEfS) program is ever-increasingly being promoted in the field of early childhood education. This proposal is articulated with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals and UNESCO's Education 2030 Agenda, which understands that children may learn and develop competencies on sustainability,…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Sustainability, Rating Scales, Foreign Countries
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Türkmen, Hakan – Journal of Science Learning, 2022
This study examines what science teachers think about Sustainable Development and its' Goals, how they integrate SDGs into their science lessons, and how the COVID-19 pandemic affects their thoughts about Sustainable Development. The study group was selected by convenience sampling from 51 middle schools in the central district of one of the big…
Descriptors: Science Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Sustainable Development, Science Instruction
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Sipone, Silvia; Abella, Victor; Rojo, Marta; Moura, José Luis – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
The concept of sustainable mobility is related to the fulfilment of certain conditions that consider environmental, economic and social factors when making decisions on transport activity. The recognition of the role of education as a key factor for sustainable development and sustainable mobility has been growing. Therefore, the development of…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Electronic Learning, Gamification, Elementary School Students
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