<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This study marks the end of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development that coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Baltic and Black Sea Circle Consortium on Educational Research (BBCC), and aims to analyse the research output performance of BBCC members and other scholars published in the Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability (JTEFS) during this last decade. Using the methodology of bibliometric study and literature review, the authors describe the main bibliographic indicators of JTEFS and provide a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the research paradigms and their developmental changes in the papers published by JTEFS (2005ñ2014). The results of the study show that in general the journal has evolved in line with the advanced trends in educational research, research in teacher education, research in sustainability education and sustainability studies in higher education. The analysis of published papers indicates both the progress and issues of research in teacher education for sustainability. The authors conclude with some visionary insights into the further development of JTEFS and this research field in general.</p></abstract>

This study marks the end of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development that coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Baltic and Black Sea Circle Consortium on Educational Research (BBCC), and aims to analyse the research output performance of BBCC members and other scholars published in the Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability (JTEFS) during this last decade. Using the methodology of bibliometric study and literature review, the authors describe the main bibliographic indicators of JTEFS and provide a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the research paradigms and their developmental changes in the papers published by JTEFS (2005ñ2014). The results of the study show that in general the journal has evolved in line with the advanced trends in educational research, research in teacher education, research in sustainability education and sustainability studies in higher education. The analysis of published papers indicates both the progress and issues of research in teacher education for sustainability. The authors conclude with some visionary insights into the further development of JTEFS and this research field in general.

Developing Research in Teacher Education for Sustainability: UN DESD via the Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Daugavpils University, 1 Par‚des Street

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

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This study marks the end of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development that coincides with the 10th anniversary of the Baltic and Black Sea Circle...

Developing Research in Teacher Education for Sustainability: UN DESD via the Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

Published Online: Nov 26, 2015

Page range: 5 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jtes-2015-0009

Keywords
JTEFS, teacher education, sustainability, research paradigm, bibliometrics

© by Anita Pipere

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Developing Research in Teacher Education for Sustainability: UN DESD via the Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

Published Online: Nov 26, 2015

Page range: 5 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jtes-2015-0009

KeywordsJTEFS, teacher education, sustainability, research paradigm, bibliometrics

© by Anita Pipere

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
JTEFS, teacher education, sustainability, research paradigm, bibliometrics