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Hogan, Anna; Thompson, Greg; Chandra, Vinesh – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2022
This article examines attempts to professionalize the teaching workforce in the Pacific Islands (PI) in response to the United Nation Sustainable Development Goal 4c -- "Increase the Supply of Qualified Teachers in Developing Countries." The experience of PI educators provides insight into the clash between global standard agendas,…
Descriptors: Professionalism, Educational Policy, Sustainable Development, International Organizations
Karlos L. Marshall – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation in practice examines the absence of an advocacy framework for Black placemakers in southwest Springfield neighborhoods seeking to transform vacant spaces into vibrant pocket parks, green spaces, and community gardens. This critical community-based participatory research addresses inadequate public policies, resources, and…
Descriptors: Parks, Public Policy, Neighborhood Improvement, Community Development
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Boyd, Wendy – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2020
Waste created by modern lifestyles is of key concern to sustainable development globally. Early childhood centres engage in sustainable practices, and waste management is one of these practices. Past research has indicated that early childhood staff are challenged to implement sustainable practices. However, the National Quality Standard requires…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Sanitation, Foreign Countries, Program Effectiveness
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Mawonde, Albert; Togo, Muchaiteyi – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges faced by ODeL institutions to involve students in campus sustainable development goals (SDGs) related practices. Given that universities are mandated by several calls to participate in the implementation of SDGs, one way they can contribute to the SDGs paradigm is through the…
Descriptors: Barriers, Student Participation, Undergraduate Students, Sustainable Development
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Motevalli, Saeid; Saffari, Narges; Michael, Mina Tresa Anak; Abadi, Fariba Hosesin – International Education Studies, 2022
Education should play an important role in sustainable development. However, we were also faced with the enculturation in the education systems that contribute to the literacy of the environmental issue and challenges in maintaining sustainable development. In this review, we aimed to synthesize the recent research findings on how enculturation…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Climate, Cultural Influences, Cultural Background
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Amponsah, Samuel; Omoregie, Chris Olusola; Ansah, Boakye Owusu – Commission for International Adult Education, 2018
In 2015, the world, through UNESCO adopted the 2030 agenda for sustainable development floated on 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to "transform our world." SDG4 titled "Quality Education" seeks to "ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all and promote lifelong learning." An ordinary look at SDG4…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Cultural Influences, Equal Education, Educational Quality
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Ferguson, Therese; Roofe, Carmel Geneva – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2020
Purpose: The purpose of this case study is to focus on the role of higher education in the realisation of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4, discussing both challenges and opportunities. Drawing on the example of The University of the West Indies (UWI) School of Education (SOE) (Mona Campus in Jamaica), this paper illustrates how higher…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Sustainable Development, Role of Education
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Bagiatis, Christos; Saiti, Anna; Chletsos, Michael – Industry and Higher Education, 2020
This article, through an empirical investigation, examines (a) the attitudes toward entrepreneurship among those of a productive age, and (b) the effect of the economic and political characteristics of a country on an individual's tendency toward entrepreneurship. An anonymous questionnaire was designed and administered to a random sample of 180…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Economic Climate, Foreign Countries, Adults
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Kanapathy, Suganty; Lee, Khai Ern; Mokhtar, Mazlin; Syed Zakaria, Sharifah Zarina; Sivapalan, Subarna; Mohd Zahidi, Azizah – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2019
Purpose: This paper aims to discuss the knowledge levels, attitudes and behaviours regarding the concept of sustainable development among pre-university programme educators, as well as the potential barriers and opportunities they face in adopting the concept of sustainable development in the teaching of the pre-university level chemistry module…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Sustainability, Teacher Attitudes
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Hatley, Jenny – International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning, 2019
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) approach to global citizenship education (GCE) includes a set of values termed 'universal values'. These social ideals include peace, justice and sustainability, and are normatively considered a common good. A multimodal critical discourse analysis of universal values…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Citizenship Education, Values, Barriers
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Taylor, Neil; Quinn, Frances; Jenkins, Kathy; Miller-Brown, Helen; Rizk, Nadya; Prodromou, Theodosia; Serow, Penelope; Taylor, Subhashni – Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2019
This article reviews Education for Sustainability (EfS) in the secondary sector across a range of countries. Drawing on journal articles, book chapters and official reports, it identifies some of the more successful approaches to implementing EfS within the secondary sector. The authors first discuss the importance of educating for sustainability…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Secondary Education, Secondary School Curriculum, Curriculum Implementation
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Briggs, Lilly; Trautmann, Nancy M.; Fournier, Christine – Environmental Education Research, 2018
This systematic review extends the boundary of prior reviews in the environmental education (EE) field by analyzing publications focused on Latin America and the Caribbean (LATAM). We examined peer-reviewed literature and dissertations/theses in four languages (English, French, Spanish and Portuguese) published between January 2000 and February…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Outcomes of Education, Informal Education, Educational Research
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Katayama, Junko; Örnektekin, Sermin; Demir, S. Semahat – Environmental Education Research, 2018
This research explores the current status of implementing policy in sustainable development related teaching in higher education in Turkey. Turkish higher education policy has included increased commitment to sustainable development in recent years. However, there has not been much research conducted on its implementation. Hence, this study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sustainable Development, Teaching Methods, Higher Education
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Venugopal, Pingali; Kour, Harwinder – Industry and Higher Education, 2021
Human production and consumption activities are depleting the earth's resources faster than they are being replenished. The Global Footprint network estimates "Earth Overshoot Day 2020" (the day the use of natural resources during the year crosses the regeneration capacity for the year) to be 22 August. A shift from linear to circular…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Environmental Education, Foreign Countries, Natural Resources
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Tarozzi, Massimiliano – Journal of Global Education and Research, 2022
This research looked at the growing space that Global Citizenship Education (GCE) is gaining in educational policy worldwide, and at the role Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) played in GCE agenda setting and policy implementation. Based on a comparative policy analysis carried out in 10 European countries, the political agency of NGOs was…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Citizenship Education, Nongovernmental Organizations, Educational Policy
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