Variables Influencing Pre-Service Teacher Training in Education for Sustainable Development: A Case Study of Two Spanish Universities

Olaya Álvarez-García, Luis Ángel García-Escudero, Francisca Salvà-Mut and Aina Calvo-Sastre
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Olaya Álvarez-García: Faculty of Education, University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma, Spain
Luis Ángel García-Escudero: School of Industrial Engineering, University of Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
Francisca Salvà-Mut: Faculty of Education, University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma, Spain
Aina Calvo-Sastre: Faculty of Education, University of Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma, Spain

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 16, 1-14

Abstract: This paper analyzed the relationship that certain demographic and educational variables might have on the training in environmental education (EE) received by undergraduate students enrolled in a Degree in Primary Education (DPE) at two Spanish universities. For this purpose, they were given a questionnaire to assess the link between certain personal and educational characteristics relating to the students in the sample (n = 274) and three components of an environmental competence (EC) model: environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. The results indicate that variables like gender, the students’ habitual place of residence, the type of leisure activities they undertook, and some educational factors had a significant impact on the acquisition of the said competencies. In light of these outcomes, the paper reflects on the possible role that non-university contexts might play in environmental education for pre-service teachers.

Keywords: education for sustainable development; environmental education; pre-service teacher training; environmental competencies; influential variables (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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