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A Self-Reported Instrument to Measure and Foster Students' Science Connection to Life with the CARE-KNOW-DO Model and Open Schooling for Sustainability
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Alexandra Okada – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2024
National governments are concerned about the disconnection of young people from science, which hampers the development of a scientifically literate society promoting sustainable development, wellbeing, equity, and a green economy. Introduced in 2015 alongside Agenda 2030, the "open schooling" approach aims at enhancing students' science…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Secondary School Teachers, Secondary School Science
Together We Can: Enhancing Key 21st-Century Skills with International Virtual Exchange
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Sierra, Javier; Yassim, Mazia; Suárez-Collado, Ángela – Education & Training, 2022
Purpose: This research reveals how a virtual exchange (VE) can foster transnational collaboration in higher education, assist students acquire key learning outcomes and raise awareness regarding the complexities affecting development policy and sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to address these issues. Design/methodology/approach:…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Cooperation, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
A Comparative Study of Education for Sustainable Development in One British University and One Chinese University
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Shaoming Lu; Hui-shu Zhang – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2014
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to identify learning points and inspirations from two different approaches by examining how education for sustainable development (ESD) initiatives are delivered in the University of X in the UK and Tongji University in China. Design/methodology/approach: Through comparison of case studies, the pros and cons of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Education, Sustainable Development, Case Studies
Increasing the Socio-Cultural Relevance of Science Education for Sustainable Development
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Onwu, Gilbert O. M.; Kyle, William C., Jr. – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2011
Socio-scientific issues should be considered in the course of students' formal education in science as one of the ways in which science education ought to be connected to the goals of sustainable development. Approaches to education in science still perpetuate a way of thinking that is incommensurable with preparing learners to develop the…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Science Education, Teaching Methods, Decision Making
Sustainability and the Learning Virtues
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Foster, John – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2011
Learning is important to sustainability--but how? On the dominant sustainable development picture, various kinds of learning are seen as instrumental to one's behaving responsibly towards future generations, within a framework of present actions and ecological consequences. This whole picture of future-oriented responsibility is radically flawed,…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Experience, Physical Environment, Ecology
The Compatibility of Action Learning with Inner Game Coaching
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Aitkenhead, Andy – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2009
Using "inner game" coaching techniques in the remediation of a challenged programme at a Global Investment Bank the environment was transformed into a delivery focused culture. The techniques included group sessions that would be familiar to anyone aware of action learning and were an integral part of the strategy to ensure sustainable…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Sustainable Development, Active Learning, Coaching (Performance)