scholarly journals The Improvement of Eco-school Students’ Environmental Awareness in the Context of Education for Sustainable Development

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liga Lace-Jeruma ◽  
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Rita Birzina
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
School Students

Decoding Mass Media Techniques and Education for Sustainable Development

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioannis P. Kotsalas ◽  
Anna Antoniou ◽  
Michael Scoullos
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
School Students ◽  
Environmental Friendly ◽  
Fundamental Objective

A fundamental objective of environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) is the promotion of critical thinking, through which learners could resist messages (e.g., from TV), leading to unsustainable lifestyles and practices. The analysis of messages from media was used for: identifying influencing techniques; presenting these techniques to secondary school students allowing them to identify the techniques in messages from advertisements and assess their impact. After a very brief educational intervention, 84 per cent of the students were able to identify and decode techniques and make useful reflections. Furthermore, some techniques were tested as potentially useful for enhancing learning and/or environmental-friendly attitudes. The use of advertisement methods in teaching did not facilitate the assimilation of knowledge related to environmental science (chemistry); however, it improved the attitudes towards environmental-friendly and sustainable approaches.

Early Childhood Play With Reclaimed Resources

2019 ◽  
pp. 166-185
Author(s):  
Hazel R. Wright ◽  
Paulette Luff ◽  
Cahide Sevgi Emre
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Childhood Play ◽  
European Heritage ◽  
Play Materials

Sustainable play practices offer many benefits to young children, developmental and cultural, and these are examined in an English context. The authors claim a shared European heritage for children's play practices; one that has been eroded with the commodification of play materials, the manufacture of commercial toys and games accessible only to the wealthy child. After demonstrating the value of education for sustainable development, the chapter considers how reclaimed resources can be used to promote this end. It discusses a small-scale research project that visited four English early years settings to see whether and how the staff followed sustainable principles. It was found that the approaches of the four settings varied considerably, using resources that spanned the spectrum from commercial to natural, and concluded that more should/could be done to encourage play with reclaimed materials to set children on the path to greater environmental awareness and intercultural harmony.

Early Childhood Play With Reclaimed Resources

2018 ◽  
pp. 164-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hazel R. Wright ◽  
Paulette Luff ◽  
Cahide Sevgi Emre
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Environmental Awareness ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Childhood Play ◽  
European Heritage ◽  
Play Materials

Sustainable play practices offer many benefits to young children, developmental and cultural, and these are examined in an English context. The authors claim a shared European heritage for children's play practices; one that has been eroded with the commodification of play materials, the manufacture of commercial toys and games accessible only to the wealthy child. After demonstrating the value of education for sustainable development, the chapter considers how reclaimed resources can be used to promote this end. It discusses a small-scale research project that visited four English early years settings to see whether and how the staff followed sustainable principles. It was found that the approaches of the four settings varied considerably, using resources that spanned the spectrum from commercial to natural, and concluded that more should/could be done to encourage play with reclaimed materials to set children on the path to greater environmental awareness and intercultural harmony.

scholarly journals Formation of sustainable development competencies in primary school children

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-360
Author(s):  
Iryna Levchyk ◽  
Hanna Chaikovska ◽  
Oleksandra Yankovych ◽  
Iryna Kuzma ◽  
Tetiana Rozhko-Pavlyshyn
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Media Education ◽  
Experimental Methodology ◽  
Primary School Children ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Main Research

Aim. The article provides a new solution to the problem of the formation of sustainable development competencies in primary school students. The objective of the article is to substantiate the method of forming sustainable development competencies in primary school students and to reflect it in the model. Methods. The main research methods are observation, test, interview, questionnaire, analysis of media works, expert evaluation, and pedagogical experiment. A set of diagnostic tools has been specified. Results and Conclusions. The efficiency of the developed technique has been proved with the results obtained from the experiment: the partnership of teachers, students and parents contributes to sustainability competencies formation; implementation of common areas of media education and education for sustainable development evidenced to feasibility of the research, namely: education in legal, economic aspects, creation of media products with a projection to sustainable development, learning critical perception of mass media information, sustainability goals orientation. Due to the introduction of the experimental methodology, the number of students with high (12.07%) and satisfactory (14.65%) levels of the key competencies in the field of sustainable development increased against the background of a decrease in the number of respondents with sufficient (12.93%) and low (13.79%) levels. Originality. Emphasis is placed on the features of the designed methodology: application of partnership pedagogy and pedagogy of empowerment, integration of education for sustainable development with media education, compliance with a number of pedagogical conditions, forms and methods.

scholarly journals Education for Sustainable Development as Diffusion of Innovation of Secondary School Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-97
Author(s):  
Bulan Prabawani ◽  
Sudharto P. Hadi ◽  
Irina Safitri Zen ◽  
Teuku Afrizal ◽  
Dinalestari Purbawati
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Junior High ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
School Students ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
And Behavior

AbstractEducation for sustainable development (ESD) is essential to study in order to understand environmental changes from the perspective of student character building. This concept is the main foundation that refers to individual personality as a medium to build excellent capacity from an early age. At adolescent age, children experience a period with high emotional growth that encourages changes in attitudes and behavior patterns towards the surrounding environment. This exploratory study aimed at describing the relationship between environmental knowledge and studentsí attitudes and behaviors, along with challenging factors as the moderating variable, involving 320 participants from two junior high schools in two cities in Central Java, Indonesia. The data were analyzed using partial least square Smartpls v3.0. This study found that junior high school students had low environmental and social knowledge, but there was a good attitude and behavior tendency concerning the environment. The studentsí knowledge significantly influenced environmentally-friendly attitudes and behaviors, especially the social environment that the obstacles also became a significant moderating variable. Thus, schools and related parties should develop programs to increase the studentsí study orientation towards the environment and to have a collective awareness of the environment, specifically the ability to analyze and synthesize the surroundings.

Implementation of education for sustainable development through science education to enhance the character of Indonesian golden generation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magfirah Perkasa
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Science Education ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Character Education ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
School Students ◽  
Self Assessment ◽  
Research Technology ◽  
Education Indicators ◽  
Senior High School Students

The study aims to measure the enhancing of character of Indonesian golden generation on the implementation of education for sustainable development. The data were collected by using the character self-assessment that given to senior high school students in nine provinces spread in the western, central and eastern regions of Indonesia. The instrument was adapted from character education indicators by Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education and the combination of sustainable development learning indicators. The result shows that mostly the character aspects of Indonesian golden generation can be concluded is enhance. ESD character model can enhance several character of students but still need more time to enhance student’s critical attitude and creativity. Besides, according to the result, it can inferred that implementation of education for sustainable development in science education, biology, physics, and chemistry subject can be recommended by using several learning models and one of them is ESD Character Model.

scholarly journals Implementation and Impacts of Education for Sustainable Development: Experience of Universitas Gadjah Mada

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laksana G. Perdamaian ◽  
Sentagi S. Utami ◽  
Budi Prayitno ◽  
Pri Joewo Guntoro
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
School Students ◽  
Sustainable Lifestyle ◽  
Green Behavior ◽  
The Government ◽  
And Function

A green physical setting would need green behavior and culture to sustain and function properly. Education is a key component to form a sustainable mindset and lifestyle for society, especially youth. As a university with a vision to be a resilient and healthy campus, Universitas Gadjah Mada has actively involved in providing education for sustainable development. The activities have commenced since 2016 through Integrated Smart and Green Building research group and involve participants from both internal and external audiences. Internal target audiences were primarily freshman UGM students and later extended to include primary and high school students. External audiences were the government and stakeholders from the commercial sector. The program was designed to increase awareness on sustainable development and encourage everyone to take part to achieve its goals. Students were educated on the importance of sustainable lifestyle and expected to practice green behavior in their daily life. For stakeholders, a focus group discussion was organized to start a conversation for the formulation of green building regulation. There were observable immediate changes in cognitive and behavorial domain toward sustainable lifestyle. Sustainable development is a long term vision and it needs participation from everyone. Higher education as a center of knowledge should actively provide society with education to achieve sustainable development.

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