Search results for: Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

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Knowledge about Education for Sustainable Development: four case studies of student teachers in English secondary schools
Authors: Winter Christine, Firth Roger
The article involves a case study research into how four student teachers taking part in a one-year teacher education programme in a university in England translate their knowledge, experiences and beliefs about Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) into classroom practice in the context of the Geography National Curriculum and ESD policies in secondary schools. The article reveals some of the ethical and political dilemmas faced by student teachers who, as committed environmentalists, struggle to resolve the tensions between the constraints of policy, school culture, school teaching materials and their own values and enthusiasms.
Published: 2007
Updated: Dec. 31, 2007
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Mainstreaming education for sustainable development in initial teacher education in Australia: a review of existing professional development models
Authors: Tilbury Daniella
In an effort to mainstream teacher education programs for sustainability, the Australian Research Institute of Education for Sustainability |(ARIES) appraised models of professional development underpinning a range of teacher education programs. The article describes three models of professional development, and concludes by arguing that a systemic approach that engages the whole of the teacher education system is necessary if ESD is to be successfully mainstreamed in initial teacher education.
Published: 2007
Updated: Dec. 31, 2007
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Translation processes in the design of an education for sustainable development innovations course for universities in Africa
Authors: Lotz-Sisitka Heila, Lupele Justin, Ogbuigwe Akpezi
The article describes the translation processes undertaken by the United Nations in its attempt to design an education program for sustainable development for universities in South Africa. The deliberative translation process is examined in terms of its influence on professional development and professional exchange opportunities for university teachers, which are non-traditional and responsive to diversity, history, context and risk. The article also draws on a model of Latour's actor-network theory to describe and explain the deliberative translation process in the UNEP ESD Innovations Course.
Published: 2007
Updated: Dec. 25, 2007
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Teacher education as or for social and ecological transformation: place-based reflections on local and global participatory methods and collaborative practices
Authors: Alsop Steve, Dippo Don, Zandvliet David B.
The article describes two social and ecological transformation teacher education projects in Canada. The projects utilized the 'critical place-based' transformative teacher education program agenda. The studies were directed at several questions regarding the critical place-based approaches, and their relationships to the United Nation's Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD).
Published: 2007
Updated: Dec. 25, 2007