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Bendtsen, Marina; Forsman, Liselott; Björklund, Mikaela – Educational Research, 2022
Background: The question of how best to enable sustainable professional development remains a challenging one. The research reported here is situated within a professional learning communities (PLCs) approach as a long-term goal for continuing professional development (CPD) with action research (AR) principles as a means of organisation. Purpose:…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Communities of Practice, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Change
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Gyberg, Per; Löfgren, Håkan – Educational Research, 2016
Background: Sustainable development, as an area of knowledge, appears in several different places in the curriculum and does not fit neatly within the scope of traditional subject areas. In many countries, including Sweden, it has long been upheld as an important tool for increasing understanding of, and dealing with, environmental problems. It is…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Role of Education, Teaching Methods
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Summers, Mike; Corney, Graham; Childs, Ann – Educational Research, 2004
Postgraduate student teachers' conceptions of sustainable development were elicited using a questionnaire completed by the entire cohort of geography (N = 21) and science (N = 40) students starting the University of Oxford Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) secondary course. Responses were analysed in three ways: (i) development of…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Sustainable Development, Geography