Education for sustainable development

Abstract

Education for sustainable development in an intense subject and dissemination of good practices are of tremendous need for actors of academia and for those of vocational education, too. Managers and employees must extend their current skills related to sustainability and become leaders in the field. The article presents the last years’ experience on the development of a skills development schema on leadership in sustainability and teaching and educating sustainability. These two training skills and the related training materials have been developed through two international projects and partnerships at the European level: (1) LeadSUS - Leadership in sustainability – Sustainability Manager, (2013-1-RO1-LEO05 – 28771) developed from 2013 to 2016 and having impact on a target group consisting of companies’ employees (most of them managers); (2) TeachSUS - Teaching and educating for Sustainability, (2018-1-R001-KA204-049253) that will be develop from 2018 to 2020 and that will target vocational education and training (VET) actors. After a brief presentation of developed skill cards related to educational programs in sustainable development filed, a critical analysis of the implementation potential will underline the strengths and weakness of the actual educational system of higher education to assimilate and implement the proposals (tested and validated with a significant group of trainees).

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“…In addition to the aforementioned report, it is worth mentioning the Club of Rome's 1972 publication "The Limits to Growth", which attempted to determine human impact on the environment (Meadows et al, 1972;Lemkowska, 2020) The very definition of sustainable development incorporates three aspects: the environment, economy and society. According to the report, sustainable development entails such manner and form of development which allows the needs of the present generation to be met without limiting the future generations' ability to meet their needs (Turner, 1988;Draghici, 2019). As Nowak M. (Nowak, 2017) notes in his study, education entails one of the conditions underlying and enabling sustainable development.…”

Household Characteristics and Higher Education Role in Creating Sustainable Development, In the Future

“…So, the present study implements proper policies that should be made to increase households' awareness of higher education. Draghici (2019) examined the impact of vocational institutions' knowledge and skills in Romina. The study showed that many professional officers extend their skills and knowledge through training programs offered by vocational institutions.…”

“…Through higher education, in poor countries, farmers adopted different production techniques that will increase the average income of every farmer will increase poor living standards because, in backward countries, most farmers are attached to the traditional method of farming that played very minor roles to increase the productivity of land farmer so higher education is a good way to increase per acre productivity of land farmer (Draghici, 2019;Komives et al, 2019;Lacharite, 2016) An increase in higher education and enrolment rate in poor areas will solve farmer, and agricultural problems in a good way. Modern agricultural methods with less use of physical effort and more used of machines will increase the knowledge base technological skills and development sustainability.…”

“…Liberal or practical education is the best way to increase industrial growth so through industrial growth, economic development, sustainability is more stable and long term growth effects meet not level effects comes. The Government gives more focus to increasing investment activities in education, and institutions to increase the ratio of higher education, but in a poor community's government does not take an interest to increase the enrolment rate which is the main reason for lower development sustainability in backward regions ( Giannetti et al, 2021;Badea et al, 2020;Pirosca et al, 2020;Draghici, 2019). So, the study will explore the various factors that affect the households' higher level of education in creating sustainable development in the future in southern Punjab Pakistan.…”

The Handprint Initiative: Identifying learners’ attitudes towards the environment

“…Furthermore, education for sustainable development (ESD) aims to develop competences that empower learners with knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes. ESD seeks to encourage reflection on our own actions and taking informed decisions for environmental integrity, economic viability and a just society by empowering people of all genders, for present and future generations, while respecting cultural diversity (Bagoly-Simó et al, 2018;Draghici, 2019;UNESCO, 2012UNESCO, , 2017UNESCO, , 2020. There is a global call to take action for a common future (UNESCO, 2020), to see beyond the challenges and start thinking of solutions to environmental problems.…”