Critical eco-reflexive approaches: A case study of “Teaching for sustainability” towards SDG 4.7 transition via a whole school approach perspective in higher education

• Rarely conducted in teacher training and professional development programmes, this case studyfocuses on achievable co-determining indicators of progress and on reflexive methodologiesfor transformative teaching towards sustainability as an essential component of learning-basedchange and innovation. It aims to examine how heterogenous groups of international teachereducation students experience their learning process in the context of a student-led nontraditional inquiry-based learning assessment. With a critical eco-reflexive approach assistedby participatory action research, the students analyse and describe their interpretation of criticalconsciousness, critical literacy (content), and critical agency (mode) involved in sustainabilityeducation. They also reflect upon the standards of their upcoming profession. The findingsindicate that the current teacher education ought to be revised didactically towards a WholeInstitution Approach. The context of our global challenges requires a holistic approach to HESD-based teacher education embedded in integrative worldview perspectives, pluralism, andsustainability awareness.

Ämnesord

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP  -- Utbildningsvetenskap -- Didaktik (hsv//swe)

SOCIAL SCIENCES  -- Educational Sciences -- Didactics (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Anthropocene challenges

critical reflexive consciousness

eco-reflexive Bildung

HESD

international student teachers

reflexive methodologies for transformative teaching

Whole School Approach; WSA in higher education; Whole Institution Approach (WIA)

Sustainable studies

Hållbarhetsstudier

Naturvetenskapernas didaktik

Science education

Barn- och ungdomsvetenskap

Child and youth studies

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