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School Leadership, Education for Sustainable Development (ESD), and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives of Principals in China, Germany, and the USA
- Source :
- Education Sciences, Vol 12, Iss 12, p 853 (2022)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2022.
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Abstract
- We live in times of multiple crises. Climate change, degradation of soils, loss of biodiversity, COVID-19, and the war in Ukraine, to name but a few. School leaders are challenged in many ways to tackle the consequences of these crises, to prepare students for a future that will foreseeably be full of crises too, and to just do their “normal” daily work: to make sure that the school is running successfully in order to help students learn how to read, write, calculate, etc. Education for sustainable development (ESD) is a concept that aims at empowering learners with the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes to address the interconnected global challenges we are facing. This article reports on a study that seeks to investigate what principals in Germany, China, and the United States do to integrate sustainability and ESD in their schools. It specifically addresses the issue of COVID-19 and its impact on the establishment of ESD.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22277102
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Education Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.084090fd88f34849ad133a62b6257ddb
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12120853