Education for Sustainable Development: A Systemic Framework for Connecting the SDGs to Educational Outcomes
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Abstract
The UN 2030 agenda of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) envisions a future of inclusive equity, justice and prosperity within environmental limits, and places an important emphasis on education as stated in Goal 4. Education is acknowledged as a means for achieving the remaining Goals, with sustainability as a goal for education in target 4.7. However, the interconnectedness of the SDGs and the complexity of sustainability as a concept make it difficult to relate the SDGs to educational learning outcomes, with what Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) aims to achieve, left in ambiguity. Using systems thinking, we developed a framework that redefines ESD as a tool that can deliver the transformation…
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- Sustainability
- Sustainable development
- Education for sustainable development
- Prosperity
- Ambiguity
- Equity (law)
- Citizen journalism
- Process management
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Quality Education
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