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Training Secondary Education Teachers through the Prism of Sustainability: The Case of the Universitat de València

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  • Pilar Aznar

    (Departamento de Teoría de la Educación, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • María Calero

    (Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Sociales, Universitat de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

  • María Pilar Martínez-Agut

    (Departamento de Teoría de la Educación, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • Olga Mayoral

    (Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Sociales, Universitat de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

  • Àngels Ull

    (Estructura de Recerca Interdisciplinar de Estudios de Sostenibilidad, Universitat de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

  • Victoria Vázquez-Verdera

    (Departamento de Teoría de la Educación, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain)

  • Amparo Vilches

    (Departamento de Didáctica de las Ciencias Experimentales y Sociales, Universitat de València, 46022 Valencia, Spain)

Abstract

Designing the training of future teachers through holistic and interdisciplinary visions is vital to developing coherent contents, epistemologies, and methodologies that put Education for Sustainability into action. The research presented here analyzes the teaching guides from the curriculum for the Master’s Degree in Secondary Education Teaching at the Universitat de València (Spain). A collaborative study on the inclusion of sustainability in a selected sample of teaching guides was conducted from an Action/Research methodological approach. The study includes an analysis of the competences identified by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and their expected contribution to the 17 SDGs in the United Nations 2030 Agenda. The results of this research point to the need to promote collaborative work across disciplines in order to engage teachers in the transition to sustainability and encourage them to participate in the research process.

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  • Pilar Aznar & María Calero & María Pilar Martínez-Agut & Olga Mayoral & Àngels Ull & Victoria Vázquez-Verdera & Amparo Vilches, 2018. "Training Secondary Education Teachers through the Prism of Sustainability: The Case of the Universitat de València," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(11), pages 1-14, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:10:y:2018:i:11:p:4170-:d:182403
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