Reflective Tool for Sustainability Thinking – Craft, Design and Technology Student Teachers’ Narratives




Korkeaniemi, Arttu; Koskela, Teija

PublisherDaugavpils University

2025

 Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

27

2

137

159

1691-4147

1691-5534

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2025-0023

https://reference-global.com/article/10.2478/jtes-2025-0023



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.


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)”.


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