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Education for sustainable development

Secondary school teacher's awareness and perception of integration

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ID12306307
AuthorsMuhammad Saifullah Khalid (0000-0002-0434-4877, School of Education Shaanxi Normal University Xian China, corresponding author), QI Zhan-yong (0000-0002-5541-2729, School of Education Shaanxi Normal University Xian China), Mussarat Iqbal (0000-0003-4921-204X, School of Education Shaanxi Normal University Xian China), Samina Zamir (0000-0002-3342-6214, School of Education Shaanxi Normal University Xian China), Balqees Fatima Malik (0000-0003-3627-3329, School of Education Shaanxi Normal University Xian China)
Year2022
Volume31
Issue3
Pages1515-1525
Publication date2022-12-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSustainable Development (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0968-0802 • E-ISSN: 1099-1719
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/sd.2463
OpenAlexW4311617960
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited95

The pursuit of education for sustainable development (ESD) integration is imperative for appraising the implications and progress of the educational plan. Teachers are critical agents in delivering sustainable development content in formal education. Consequently, understanding the teachers' perspective is necessary for integration. This study analyses teachers' insights on integrating education for sustainable development. The teachers filled out a questionnaire concerning sustainable development, and data analysis revealed that teachers have positive awareness, poor attitudes and a detrimental state of behaviour towards sustainable development. The four focus group discussions were conducted to congregate teachers' perspicacity for sustainability education integration. The participant perceived reform in student‐teacher curricula, teacher's training programs, and embedding sustainability‐related subject content as an elementary enabler. They emphasised the vitality of administrative inputs and the government's role in successful integration. Three interlocking (educative, administrative and government) dimensions were advocated for sustainability integration in the school educative process

Curriculum · Education for sustainable development · Government (linguistics · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · Sustainability · Sustainable development · Teacher education · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Psychology · Sustainability in Higher Education · Sustainable Building Design and Assessment

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Citations per year4.67
Citation span2023 - 2026 (4)
Citation velocitycurrent
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