Practicing ESD at School

Sofia Savelava, Dmitry Savelau and Marina Bakhnova Cary
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Sofia Savelava: Sofi a Savelava is an assistant professor at the Department of Educational Management at the Academy of Postgraduate Education in Minsk and the co-author of the Managers in Education Professional Development Program organised for representatives of local government, heads of schools and various educators in Belarus. Email: yiecnewline@gmail.com
Dmitry Savelau: Dmitry Savelau is a co-founder of the Youth International Education Club NEWLINE, coordinator of the Earth Charter Youth Group in Belarus and a national youth coordinator of the International Education and Resource Network (iEARN-Belarus). Email: dsavelau@gmail.com
Marina Bakhnova Cary: Marina Bakhnova Cary received her diploma cum laude from the Moscow Pedagogical Academy, majoring in philology and with minor in philosophy. Email: marina.bakhnova@gmail.com

Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 2010, vol. 4, issue 2, 259-269

Abstract: The Earth Charter represents the philosophy and ethics necessary to create a new period of human civilization. Understanding and adoption of this new vision is the most important mission of education for sustainable development (ESD). This article argues that for successful implementation of ESD principles at school, the school education system should be changed into a resource centre that initiates and supports students’ inclusion into processes of sustainable development in their own communities. Teachers’ self-definition as co-learners in the educational process is an essential part of this change. Moreover, in many instances the integration of nonformal educational initiatives led by youth into the formal educational system makes the transition to ESD more effective and sustainable. By introducing the activities of Youth International Education Club NEWLINE (Belarus), the authors provide examples of nonformal educational tools and methods implemented in several Belarusian schools.

Keywords: Earth Charter; nonformal educational methods; education for sustainable development; Belarus; school education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1177/097340821000400214

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