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Exploring changes in perceptions and practices of sustainability in ESD communities in Australia during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Beasy, K and Gonzalez, LR, Exploring changes in perceptions and practices of sustainability in ESD communities in Australia during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, 15, (1) pp. 5-24. ISSN 0973-4082 (2021) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1177/09734082211012081
Abstract
bstract
Education for sustainable development (ESD) aims to empower future
generations to address current global environmental threats, though it
faces challenges to implementation, often linked to narrow perceptions
of sustainability. To observe such changes in practice and draw their
implications for ESD, we explore the effects of COVID-19 in perspectives and
practices of sustainability across an education community. We reflect on
how disruptions or threats can trigger a (re)imagination of individual and
collective action. Our findings suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic and its
effects on individuals and societies have altered perceptions and practices
of sustainability through envisaging previously unimaginable global
environmental restoration, and experiencing personal, professional and
collective changes. Our study shows that the perceived restorative effects
on the environment of the pandemic lifted the education community spirits
and enhanced a willingness to change by leveraging the social network
around the education community to promote collective action.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | education for sustainability, sustainability education, change theory, professional development, education for sustainable development (ESD), COVID-19, community, Australia |
| Research Division: | Education |
| Research Group: | Curriculum and pedagogy |
| Research Field: | Environmental education curriculum and pedagogy |
| Objective Division: | Education and Training |
| Objective Group: | Learner and learning |
| Objective Field: | Primary education |
| UTAS Author: | Beasy, K (Dr Kim Beasy) |
| ID Code: | 145408 |
| Year Published: | 2021 |
| Deposited By: | Education |
| Deposited On: | 2021-07-20 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-10-29 |
| Downloads: | 4 View Download Statistics |
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