Sustainable Development and Soils in the Portuguese Education System: Open Problems and Further Challenges
The curricular documents for Basic Education Sciences in Portuguese schools (ages 6 to 15) that currently affect teachers and students across the world integrate Sustainable Development concerns regarding soils. A sharp gap emerges between the official documents and the teachers’ perceptions of how...
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| description | The curricular documents for Basic Education Sciences in Portuguese schools (ages 6 to 15) that currently affect teachers and students across the world integrate Sustainable Development concerns regarding soils. A sharp gap emerges between the official documents and the teachers’ perceptions of how to approach such issues. Urgent measures are required to bridge both worlds: reformulations of the official documents that guide teachers’ practices and educational resources focused on soils from a Sustainable Development perspective. A new organization of the curricular documents for this theme that aims to promote quality education among Portuguese Basic Education schools worldwide is proposed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a1310fef128e493caf35de93b92cda1f2023-11-23T23:51:20ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022022-10-01121067210.3390/educsci12100672Sustainable Development and Soils in the Portuguese Education System: Open Problems and Further ChallengesPatrícia João0Maria Helena Henriques1Ana V. Rodrigues2Research Centre on Didactics and Technology in the Education of Trainers, University of Aveiro, 3810-168 Aveiro, PortugalGeosciences Center, University of Coimbra, 3000-104 Coimbra, PortugalResearch Centre on Didactics and Technology in the Education of Trainers, University of Aveiro, 3810-168 Aveiro, PortugalThe curricular documents for Basic Education Sciences in Portuguese schools (ages 6 to 15) that currently affect teachers and students across the world integrate Sustainable Development concerns regarding soils. A sharp gap emerges between the official documents and the teachers’ perceptions of how to approach such issues. Urgent measures are required to bridge both worlds: reformulations of the official documents that guide teachers’ practices and educational resources focused on soils from a Sustainable Development perspective. A new organization of the curricular documents for this theme that aims to promote quality education among Portuguese Basic Education schools worldwide is proposed.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/12/10/672Sustainable Development Goals 2030soilsPortuguese Science Curriculum of Basic Educationgeoscience educationscience teachers |
| spellingShingle | Patrícia João Maria Helena Henriques Ana V. Rodrigues Sustainable Development and Soils in the Portuguese Education System: Open Problems and Further Challenges Education Sciences Sustainable Development Goals 2030 soils Portuguese Science Curriculum of Basic Education geoscience education science teachers |
| title | Sustainable Development and Soils in the Portuguese Education System: Open Problems and Further Challenges |
| title_full | Sustainable Development and Soils in the Portuguese Education System: Open Problems and Further Challenges |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable Development and Soils in the Portuguese Education System: Open Problems and Further Challenges |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable Development and Soils in the Portuguese Education System: Open Problems and Further Challenges |
| title_short | Sustainable Development and Soils in the Portuguese Education System: Open Problems and Further Challenges |
| title_sort | sustainable development and soils in the portuguese education system open problems and further challenges |
| topic | Sustainable Development Goals 2030 soils Portuguese Science Curriculum of Basic Education geoscience education science teachers |
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