This volume provides teachers with pedagogical approaches and practical
applications to implement Education for Sustainable Development (ESD),
and with assessment strategies to evaluate the learning outcomes of ESD
in primary and secondary education. In addition to appropriate
pedagogical approaches for ESD, the book also presents practical
examples that teachers can use as a guide in their classes. The
pedagogical approaches related to ESD not only aim to facilitate
sustainability knowledge, but also promote attitudes, new perspectives,
values, skills and competencies related to sustainability. Thus,
holistic and transformative approaches are embraced to develop a deeper
understanding of sustainability, values, respect towards the
environment, connection to nature, systems thinking to understand
complex problems, exhibiting responsible behaviours for sustainability
and promoting action competence for sustainable development.
This book also provides examples of assessment strategies for ESD. The
assessment of ESD learning outcomes and learning processes is usually
challenging, but it is important to determine how to evaluate ESD
learning outcomes to reveal whether we achieve our ESD goals or not. For
this reason, the assessment section of the book includes theoretical
concepts and measurement tools for evaluating sustainability
competencies and learning outcomes. Through the close and active
collaboration of 22 authors from Germany, Italy, Slovenia, Sweden,
Turkey, and the UK, good models for ESD implementation in primary and
secondary education are presented.
