Sustainability Stories to Encounter Competences for Sustainability

Ola Uhrqvist, Lisa Carlsson, Ann-Sofie Kall and Therese Asplund
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Ola Uhrqvist: Ola Uhrqvist is working with the Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning at the Linköping University, Sweden and specializes in Education for Sustainable Development.
Lisa Carlsson: Lisa Carlsson is Upper Secondary Teacher at Berzeliusskolan in Linköping, Sweden. E-mail: lisa.a.carlsson@utb.linkoping.se
Ann-Sofie Kall: Ann-Sofie Kall specializes in Technology and Social Change and works with Linköping School of Education and Communication, Sweden. E-mail: sofi.kall@ju.se
Therese Asplund: Therese Asplund is working with the Department for Thematic Studies—Environmental Change at Linköping University, Sweden. E-mail: therese.asplund@liu.se

Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2021, vol. 15, issue 1, 146-160

Abstract: We communicate, relate, educate and make our world meaningful through stories. Stories are integrated in and are a part of every sustainability issue. In this article, we develop the concept of sustainability stories, and how they can be assessed and developed to correspond with the intentions of education for sustainable development (ESD). Literature shows that valued competences such as action competence, systems perspectives, student engagement and critical reflection have difficulties when it comes to informing educational practices in profound ways. In this article, we argue for the use of sustainability stories as an educational strategy to overcome this problem. Here the didactical tool ecolocigal, pluralism, organisations, social, economic and, agents (EPOSEA) aids teachers in enhancing their ESD classroom activities as well as providing a tool for co-producing sustainability stories. We argue for the potential of serious stories in ESD to holistically engage learners in exploring complex issues.

Keywords: Education for sustainable development; sustainability stories; competences; EPOSEA; didactical tools (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/09734082211005041

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