The Press as a Resource for Promoting Sustainability Competencies in Teacher Training: The Case of SDG 7

Raquel Chuliá-Jordán, Amparo Vilches Peña and María Calero Llinares
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Raquel Chuliá-Jordán: Department of Experimental and Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Teacher Training, University of Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Amparo Vilches Peña: Department of Experimental and Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Teacher Training, University of Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain
María Calero Llinares: Department of Experimental and Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Teacher Training, University of Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 2, 1-17

Abstract: Given the seriousness of the socio-environmental situation we are facing, this study aims to contribute to the involvement of teachers in education for sustainability through the use of non-formal education, particularly the press. The main objectives of the present study are to analyse the use of the press in science education, as well as the design, implementation and evaluation of tools aimed at teachers and trainee researchers in order to encourage and promote attention to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and more specifically SDG 7 (clean and affordable energy for all) in science education. The proposals are carried out using a constructivist methodology in sessions structured in small collaborative groups. The initial results show that attention to the press is still insufficient, but that, nevertheless, the strategies designed contribute to raising awareness of the importance of SDG 7 and to the classroom treatment of the energy issue among the participants in the study who attend a Master’s degree program in secondary education teacher training (specialising in physics and chemistry) and a Master’s degree program in research in specific didactics (specialising in experimental sciences).

Keywords: Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); Education for Sustainability (ESD); science; technology; society and environment education (STSE); energy issues; non-formal education; teacher training (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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