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Reflective Tool for Sustainability Thinking – Craft, Design and Technology Student Teachers’ Narratives
Authors: Korkeaniemi, Arttu; Koskela, Teija
Publisher: Daugavpils University
Publication year: 2025
Journal: Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability
Volume: 27
Issue: 2
First page : 137
Last page: 159
ISSN: 1691-4147
eISSN: 1691-5534
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2025-0023
Publication's open availability at the time of reporting: Open Access
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Teacher education is key for education in sustainability and sustainable development. In the Finnish education system, the subject of Craft, Design, and Technology (CDT) is considered an effective platform for teaching sustainability. The view of sustainability, from environmental, economic, and socio-cultural dimensions, has shifted to a more holistic perspective in which all dimensions are regarded as intertwined. This study combines theoretical aspects of sustainability and its inclusion in the subject of CDT. The aim is to investigate CDT student teachers’ meanings of sustainable development in their individual lives and their CDT teaching. The narratives of student teachers (N=47) in survey responses were analyzed to gain insight into their meanings. The analysis resulted in four descriptive subcategories, each reflecting different meanings shaping CDT student teachers’ sustainability thinking. In conclusion, a reflective tool for sustainability thinking in teacher education was created within this study.
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Funding information in the publication:
The second author has been supported by the Finnish Strategic Research Council’s JUST TRANSITION program, project “Sufficiency Solutions for a Resilient, Green, and Just Finland (SISU)”.