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Education for Sustainable Development in Teacher Education
Authors: Yli-Panula Eija, Jeronen Eila, Vesterkvist Sofia, Mulari Laura
Editors: n/a
Publisher: MDPI
Publication year: 2023
Book title : Encyclopedia MDPI, Scholarly Community Encyclopedia
Article number: 52178
Web address : https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/52178
This entry is adapted from the peer-reviewed paper 10.3390/educsci13080779
Teachers play a crucial role in supporting the development of students’ environmental knowledge and skills for responding to environmental change. Education for sustainable development (ESD) involves holistic, transformational and lifelong learning processes that aim to enhance the cognitive, social, emotional and behavioural dimensions of learning.