The opinion of Latvian and Norwegian students about education for sustainable development
2017
Porozovs, J., Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy (Latvia) | Valdemiers, A., Riga Teacher Training and Educational Management Academy (Latvia)
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) aims to enable everyone to acquire the values, competencies, skills and knowledge necessary to contribute to building a more sustainable society. Education for Sustainable Development should begin from the very early years of schooling and continue throughout life. The aim of the research was to understand the level of competence of Latvian and Norwegian pedagogical speciality students in the field of ESD and their attitude to the implementation of topics about sustainable development in the school’s curriculum. The electronic survey of Latvian and Norwegian students about their opinion to education for sustainable development was carried out. Altogether 154 students were surveyed. The results of the research showed that more Norwegian students in comparison with Latvian students consider that they know what sustainable development is. Most Norwegian students as well as Latvian students agree that during school educational process they haven’t studied topics of sustainable development or they have studied them very rarely. More Norwegian students in comparison with Latvian students agree that it is necessary to pay attention to the topics of sustainable development during the educational process. The majority of Norwegian students consider that it is necessary to begin to study topics connected with sustainable development during preschool education or during primary school education but the majority of Latvian students consider that it is necessary to begin to study topics of sustainable development during primary school education or during secondary school education. Norwegian students better understand the necessity of human behaviour in the context of sustainable development in comparison with Latvian students. The majority of Norwegian students as well as Latvian students consider that they partly act sustainable in their practical dealings. Many Latvian as well as Norwegian students understand the necessity of the sustainable development and they accept including topics of sustainable development in the school curriculum but they do not have a good understanding about sustainable development.
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