| dc.description.abstract | ESD is a broad and evolving concept that can
be broadly interpreted as holistic and transformational
education that addresses learning
content and outcomes, pedagogy and
the learning environment to achieve societal
transformation (UNESCO, 2014). Learning content involves integrating critical issues,
such as climate change, poverty reduction,
gender equality, biodiversity, disaster risk reduction
(DRR), and sustainable consumption
and production (SCP), into the curriculum.
Learning outcomes encompass promoting
core competencies such as critical and systemic
thinking, collaborative decision-making,
and taking responsibility for present and
future generations.
Pedagogy and learning environments require
designing teaching and learning in an
interactive, learner-centred way that enables
exploratory, action-oriented and transformative
learning. This includes reorganising
learning environments – physical as well as
virtual and online – to inspire learners to act
for sustainability. Achieving societal transformation
calls for empowering learners of
any age, in any education setting, to transform
themselves and the society they live in.
This involves enabling a transition to greener
economies and societies as well as empowering
people to become ‘global citizens’ who
engage and assume active roles, both locally
and globally to create a more just, peaceful,
tolerant, inclusive, secure and sustainable
world. | en_US |
