Action-orientation in education for sustainable development

Ondertitel:teachers’ interests and instructional practices

Instructional practices in Education for Sustainable Development are thought to play a crucial role in the cultivation of students' action competence towards Sustainable Development issues. This paper explores teachers' interests and their action-oriented instructional practices in ESD. The Action-orientation in ESD Questionnaire (AoESD-Q) employs a survey methodology consisting of vignettes describing different instructional practices and following open questions. Thematic analysis was employed to reveal teachers' interests, and qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) and frequency analyses to detect the least or more often reported interests and instructional practices. The study revealed that teachers in this study have poor interest in and limited instructional practices of action-orientation in ESD. As such, they mostly apply low action-oriented instructional practices. Teachers' interested in action-oriented instructional practices also apply mostly low action-oriented instructional practices. Potential factors are discussed which are responsible for teachers’ poor interest in action-oriented practices and limited implementation in ESD teaching and implications for teacher professionalization programmes.

Jaar van publicatie:2022

Trefwoorden:A1 Journal article

Toegankelijkheid:Open