EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Chapter: Challenges and Barriers to

ESD

Topic: Structuring and Placing ESD in

the Curriculum

Presented to: Dr. Ijaz Ahmed Tatlah

Presented by: Nazish Saeed Khan

Roll no: 14216

M.A Education (Evening)

GENERAL INTRODUCTION ABOUT:

Education for Sustainable Development(ESD)

Curriculum

Education for sustainable development enables people to develop the knowledge ,values and skills to participate in decision about the ways we do things ,individually and collectively, both locally and globally ,that will improve the quality of life now without damaging the planet for the future.

LEARNINIG TO LIVE ON PLANET EARTH

CURRICULUM

It is “a plan or design for education/training that addresses the following questions:

Who is to be taught?

What is to be taught and/or learned?

Why is it to be taught and/or learned?

How is it to be taught and/or learned?

Where is it to be taught and/or learned?

When is it to be taught and/or learned…”

STRUCTURING AND PLACING ESD IN THE CURRICULUM

INTRODUCTION

Teaching about sustainable development is like teaching the theory behind an abstract concept or teaching the principles of sustainability by rote memorization

ESD in it’s real and effective forms gives student the skills , perspective , values , and knowledge to live sustainably in the

communities

PRESPECTIVE

VALUES

KNOWLEDGE

SKILLS

WHAT TYPE OF CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS ARE THERE TO IMPLEMENT ESD IN THE

CURRICULUM?

CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS

1. Every country facing problems for fundamental decision in addressing as ESD strategy.

2. In some communities , ESD will be ignored or in other it will be barely addressed.

3. In some communities entire curriculum will be reoriented to address sustainability.

4. True education is not indoctrination or inculcation.

5. In communities where informal , non-formal and formal education unite to create an integrated ESD program for citizens of all ages , a less intensive approach in the formal education system might be effective.

HOW TO IMPLEMENT ESD?

Education related to sustainable development will be implemented in a wide range , in both depth and breath’.

IMPLEMENTATION

• Each country must decide on a method of implementation-whether to create another “add on” (e:g SD ,EE) or to reorient entire education programs and practices to address sustainable development.

• Nation also need to clarify whether their educators are being asked to teach about sustainable development or to change the goals and methods of education to achieve sustainable development.

• Communities must be aware of the limitations of educating about sustainable development.

• Flaws and questionable practice will need to be addressed as ESD continues to develop and mature.

ESD PLACEMENT ISSUES IN PAKISTAN

Contemporary issues;This section illustrates ways in which a variety of curriculum themes may be recognized to integrate an interdisciplinary emphasis on a sustainable future.

• Culture & religion for a sustainable future

• Indigenous knowledge & sustainability

• Women & sustainable development

• Population & development

• Sustainable economics

• Sustainable communities

• Globalization

• POLITICAL climate change (UNSTABILITY)

TEACHING & LEARNING STRATEGIESFOR ESD

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS FOR USING TEACHING AND LEARNING STRATEGIES THAT CAN HELP STUDENTS ACHIEVE THE WIDE RANGE OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND VALUES OBJECTIVES OF EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT:

• EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

• STORYTELLING

• VALUES EDUCATION

• ENQUIRY LEARNING

• APPROPRIATE ASSESSMENT

• FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVING

• LEARNING OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM

• COMMUNITY PROBLEM SOLVING