ERIC Number: EJ1490166
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Dec
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0141-8211
EISSN: EISSN-1465-3435
Available Date: 2025-11-04
Embedding Sustainability in STEM Disciplines: Perspectives and Possibilities from an Approach to the Spanish Curriculum
José Luis Río-Rodríguez1; María Calero Llinares2
European Journal of Education, v60 n4 e70318 2025
The crucial role of education in the transformation towards more sustainable and equitable societies has been increasingly recognised over the last two decades. In Spain, the integration of Sustainability into the national curriculum has been changing over time, acquiring more weight in the latest education law. This research has analysed a total of 247 curricular units of Spanish educational legislation and of STEM disciplines in Compulsory Secondary Education and Baccalaureate, to deepen the knowledge of the opportunities offered by these disciplines to address Sustainability. The results show how there is coherence between the competences required in STEM subjects and those set out in the European reference document GreenComp, highlighting the attention paid to the area related to embodying sustainability values, but detecting shortcomings in the area related to foreseeing sustainable futures. Therefore, recommendations for promoting these competences in classroom practice are included.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, National Curriculum, STEM Education, Sustainability, Educational Legislation, Secondary Education, Sustainable Development, Competency Based Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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Author Affiliations: 1Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (UPV-CSIC), Valencia, Spain; 2Department of Experimental and Social Sciences Teaching, Faculty of Teacher Training, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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