About this Research Topic
The efforts that societies have been making to keep pace with the advances in technology and globalization are increasingly associated with challenges that involve growing complexity and uncertainty. The reality shows us the accentuation of serious risks for humanity resulting from the difficulty in fulfilling assumed commitments and the increase in conflicts with a global impact on the survival of millions of people.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development reflects the importance of an adequate educational response to the numerous challenges facing humanity. It is essential that people learn to understand the complex world in which they live so that they can act towards change that can ensure the balance of life-sustaining ecosystems.
In our view, education is crucial to the achievement of sustainable development, since changing the way we relate to the world requires knowledge, reflection on one's own actions and awareness of the surrounding reality. We understand education for sustainable development as an integral part of quality education, inherent to the concept of lifelong learning and present in all educational institutions from pre-school to higher education and also in non-formal and informal education contexts. We start from the idea of education based on a holistic and transformative approach where learning, pedagogy and the educational environment that is based on values, attitudes and behavior’s favourable to more inclusive and sustainable societies assume particular relevance.
This Research Topic welcomes works that address issues within the scope of education for sustainable development at different levels and contexts of teaching and learning (from pre-school to higher education and in contexts of non-formal and informal education) with different groups and populations. The contributions to be submitted must be framed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) proposed by Agenda2030 of the United Nations.
Papers using different research methodologies (qualitative, quantitative or mixed) and also systematic literature reviews will be accepted.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development reflects the importance of an adequate educational response to the numerous challenges facing humanity. It is essential that people learn to understand the complex world in which they live so that they can act towards change that can ensure the balance of life-sustaining ecosystems.
In our view, education is crucial to the achievement of sustainable development, since changing the way we relate to the world requires knowledge, reflection on one's own actions and awareness of the surrounding reality. We understand education for sustainable development as an integral part of quality education, inherent to the concept of lifelong learning and present in all educational institutions from pre-school to higher education and also in non-formal and informal education contexts. We start from the idea of education based on a holistic and transformative approach where learning, pedagogy and the educational environment that is based on values, attitudes and behavior’s favourable to more inclusive and sustainable societies assume particular relevance.
This Research Topic welcomes works that address issues within the scope of education for sustainable development at different levels and contexts of teaching and learning (from pre-school to higher education and in contexts of non-formal and informal education) with different groups and populations. The contributions to be submitted must be framed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) proposed by Agenda2030 of the United Nations.
Papers using different research methodologies (qualitative, quantitative or mixed) and also systematic literature reviews will be accepted.
Keywords: Education, Learning, Change, SDG, Sustainable development
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