“Sustainability” Education by Sustainable School Design

Abstract

In recent years, sustainability concept has become the common interest of numerous disciplines. The reason for this popularity is, to perform the sustainable development of societies. Easiness of forming a relationship with the word "sustainability" is because of its social, economic and environmental aspects. The term provides different perspectives to different areas. Today, in educational sciences, "environmental sustainability" is one of the main subjects that lesson programs include several studies about. In education system in Turkey, to teach "sustainability" concept, teachers uses traditional education methods mostly. To tell "what sustainability is" only by words is not enough for using the knowledge in the practice. Besides this, students learn much more by seeing real examples rather than hearing about it. In this context, this study aims to nominate "school buildings" as valuable learning environments for students. In other words, school buildings can be seen as 3D text books written by architects. Architecture discipline deals with environmental sustainability and defines various sustainability criteria. Environmental sustainability is related with built environment design and designing with the natural environment. In this study, sustainable school buildings had been analysed related with their design criteria and as a result an evaluation made about using architecture and its products as a concrete material for sustainability education.

EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (EfSD): GAP OF INDICATORS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL LITERACY ACHIEVEMENT IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM

“…Pembangunan berkelanjutan merupakan strategi yang menekankan pada penggunaan sumber daya alam dan lingkungan sedemikian rupa untuk memenuhi kebutuhan hidup manusia tanpa merusak ekosistem alamiahnya (Cheang, So, & Zhan, 2017;Emas, 2015;Gulay, 2015). Segala sumber daya yang terdapat dalam lingkungan harus dipertimbangkan kelestariannya untuk kebutuhan sekarang dan kebutuhan generasi dimasa mendatang.…”

“…Pendidikan dapat memfasilitasi secara terstruktur pengetahuan-pengetahuan yang berhubungan dengan lingkungan. Pengetahuan menjadi input awal dalam pembentukan kesiapan individu untuk memiliki kesadaran dan sikap peduli terhadap (Gulay, 2015;Goldman, 2014). Pengetahuan tentang lingkungan dapat mempengaruhi sikap dan perilakunya terhadap lingkungan.…”

“…Penguatan literasi lingkungan adalah salah satu kunci untuk mewujudkan lingkungan yang berkelanjutan (Goldman, 2014;Gulay, 2015). Literasi lingkungan diartikan sebagai kesadaran tentang lingkungan dan dengan pengetahuan yang dimiliki dapat membekali individu untuk mengambil sikap dan memutuskan tindakan yang tepat terhadap lingkungan (Atabek-Yiğit et al , 2014.).…”

A Hybrid Fuzzy BWM-COPRAS Method for Analyzing Key Factors of Sustainable Architecture

“…Furthermore, sustainable architecture defines an understanding of environmentally-friendly architecture and contains [28] While most green buildings do not have all of these features, the highest goal of green architecture is to be fully sustainable [29]. Green building involves considering four main areas including site development (to reduce the impact of development on the natural environment); material selection and minimization, contemporary sustainable building practice and looking for a reliable way of assessing and certifying materials.…”

Sustainability Requirements of Concrete Structures

“…For the sustainable building design, engineers shall take into consideration reducing waste of materials, recycling, energy, ensuring in the building, water management and minimizing the costs of maintenance [28].…”