Still searching for (education for) sustainable development – reflections on the need, challenges, and chances of transforming education in the 21st century

Scientific evidence has been put forward over and over again in the past decades that, during the Anthropocene, human impact on the various spheres of the Earth has grown to an extent that actually threatens the overall resilience of the Earth system and thus the basis for the existence of future so...

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Main Author: Lars Keller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Negeri Malang 2020-06-01
Series:Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi
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Online Access:http://journal2.um.ac.id/index.php/jpg/article/view/14198
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description Scientific evidence has been put forward over and over again in the past decades that, during the Anthropocene, human impact on the various spheres of the Earth has grown to an extent that actually threatens the overall resilience of the Earth system and thus the basis for the existence of future societies. New concepts to tackle the problems ahead and to regain control about positive future development are urgently needed. Education – or rather the transformation of education – and the possible role of education as a key instrument to reach the Sustainable Development Goals could play a prominent role here. However, as both sustainable development and education for sustainable development are still in their infancy, radical changes of the actual concepts of education (for sustainable development) and a new focus on (constructivist) learning have to be discussed. In this paper, the needs, challenges, and chances of transforming education in and for the 21st century are reflected upon .
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Still searching for (education for) sustainable development – reflections on the need, challenges, and chances of transforming education in the 21st century
Jurnal Pendidikan Geografi
(education for) sustainable development
constructivist learning
grand challenges
transformation
anthropocene
title Still searching for (education for) sustainable development – reflections on the need, challenges, and chances of transforming education in the 21st century
title_full Still searching for (education for) sustainable development – reflections on the need, challenges, and chances of transforming education in the 21st century
title_fullStr Still searching for (education for) sustainable development – reflections on the need, challenges, and chances of transforming education in the 21st century
title_full_unstemmed Still searching for (education for) sustainable development – reflections on the need, challenges, and chances of transforming education in the 21st century
title_short Still searching for (education for) sustainable development – reflections on the need, challenges, and chances of transforming education in the 21st century
title_sort still searching for education for sustainable development reflections on the need challenges and chances of transforming education in the 21st century
topic (education for) sustainable development
constructivist learning
grand challenges
transformation
anthropocene
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