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Sund, Per; Gericke, Niklas; Bladh, Gabriel – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2020
According to the curricula in various countries, teachers in the subject areas of science, social science and language are often expected to collaborate on cross-curricular issues such as sustainable development (SD) in the 9-year compulsory school. This study is based in Sweden and investigates teachers' teaching traditions. The overall aim of…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Interdisciplinary Approach, Teaching Methods, Sustainable Development
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Sund, Per; Gericke, Niklas – Environmental Education Research, 2020
In many countries' policy documents and curricula, teachers in the subject areas of science, social science and language are encouraged to collaborate on cross-curricular issues such as sustainable development (SD). This study is conducted in secondary schools (compulsory years 7-9) in Sweden and investigates the similarities and differences in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Sustainable Development, Secondary School Students, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Sund, Per – Environmental Education Research, 2015
In educational settings, sustainable development (SD) is often handled with the aim of reducing the contested aspects of the concept. Issues like trade, conservation, public health and international relations are often presented in a simplified way so that they are easier for students to grasp. However, in education, this tendency to simplify…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Teacher Attitudes, Secondary School Teachers
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Sund, Per; Wickman, Per-Olof – Environmental Education Research, 2011
This article studies content issues by examining teachers' communicated socialization content. The value-laden socialization content constitutes the educational context for the teaching of integrated subject matter and has not yet been thoroughly studied empirically in environmental education research. The implications of the results can be…
Descriptors: Socialization, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Educational Environment
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Sund, Per; Wickman, Per-Olof – Environmental Education Research, 2011
Subject content is always studied within an educational context. This context is constituted by the socialization content, which can be regarded as an educational content beyond the subject content. This is the third article of three studies (this article; Sund and Wickman 2011; Sund 2008) that together form a triangulation of possible…
Descriptors: Socialization, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Teaching Methods
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Sund, Per; Wickman, Per-Olof – Environmental Education Research, 2008
Answers to questions about good teaching in environmental education can be expressed in different selective traditions. Questions as to what should be included in good teaching tend to be addressed by both teachers and researchers on an ideological basis. This qualitative study uses a pragmatist approach, and aims to make an empirical contribution…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Teachers, Sustainable Development