Sustainable development education in Scottish schools

The Sleeping Beauty syndrome

Bibliographic Data

ID12525795
AuthorsMarie Jeanne Mcnaughton (a University of Strathclyde , UK, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume13
Issue5
Pages621-638
Publication date2007-10-31
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironmental Education Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-4622 • E-ISSN: 1469-5871
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13504620701659087
OpenAlexW2102148632
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited8

This paper reviews and discusses the development of Sustainable Development Education (SDE) policy within the context of the Scottish formal school system. The focus is on the progress, and lack thereof, of implementation of SDE in schools in the light of some of the key curriculum documents and associated political decisions and advisory reports. The period of the review dates from 1993, which saw the publication of a report that was regarded as the seminal document for the development of environmental education in Scotland, to 2007 and the Scottish Executive's proposals for SDE in the light of curriculum reform for schools for the 21st century. The paper employs, loosely, the metaphor of the Sleeping Beauty to tell the story of SDE in Scotland in three parts: the story's three phases of emergence, obscurity and re‐emergence might serve as a useful metaphor, here

Archaeology · Beauty · Context (archaeology · Curriculum · Curriculum development · Education for sustainable development · Environmental education · Metaphor · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Sustainable development · Children's Rights and Participation · Environmental Education and Sustainability · History · Law · Service-Learning and Community Engagement

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