Existing Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Frameworks
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The Ecocentric and Anthropocentric Attitudes Toward the Sustainable Development (EAATSD) Scale
- This framework addresses the plurality of ESD perspectives and methodological approaches, proposing a critical framework that incorporates environmental ethics. It emphasizes the importance of understanding diverse attitudes towards sustainable development.
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Holism-Pluralism-Action-orientation in ESD Framework
- Developed using the CLIA-model, this framework integrates holistic, pluralistic, and action-oriented teaching approaches. It consists of five components: action-taking, student leadership, peer interaction, community involvement, and interdisciplinarity. This framework aims to create powerful learning environments in ESD.
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Sweden's National ESD Framework
- Sweden has aligned its national policy framework with global ESD frameworks, successfully integrating ESD into formal education. This framework includes new approaches to learning and teaching, and highlights three primary school initiatives as examples of effective ESD practices.
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Procedural Framework for Teacher Professional Development in ESD for Early Childhood Education (ECE)
- This framework identifies three cornerstones (scientific action-integrated, community-based, and value-oriented scopes) and three pedagogical approaches (art-based, outdoor-based, and project-problem-based) for implementing ESD in early childhood education. It aims to foster innovative teacher professional development opportunities.
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Systemic Framework for Connecting the SDGs to Educational Outcomes
- Using systems thinking, this framework redefines ESD as a tool for societal transformation towards sustainability. It involves stakeholders in constructing a common vision of sustainability, identifying necessary competences, and developing appropriate pedagogies and learning strategies.
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Evaluation Framework of Elementary School Teaching Materials for Sustainable Development
- This framework evaluates elementary school teaching materials based on three dimensions of sustainability: environmental, social, and economic. It includes four levels: ESD, teaching scopes, learning indicators, and learning topics, and uses a scoring table to assess and improve teaching materials.
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CoDesignS ESD Framework
- Focused on higher education institutions, this framework integrates transformative pedagogies and teaching methods across cognitive, socio-emotional, and behavioral domains. It includes tools like the CoDesignS ESD Toolkit Planner and Dashboard to facilitate the integration of sustainability into curricula.
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Sustainable-Smart Transdisciplinary Learning Framework
- This framework integrates ESD into the Interdisciplinary Collaborative Online Learning (ICoL) framework. It adds a fifth learning design principle and a fourth structuring element, aiming to enhance interdisciplinary collaborative projects within communities.
These frameworks collectively contribute to the diverse and evolving landscape of Education for Sustainable Development, each offering unique approaches and methodologies to integrate sustainability into educational practices.