<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>With regard to education, traditional environmentally-related issues have been intertwined with courses in natural sciences, which could entail opportunities as well as difficulties. The study concerns two knowledge matters that are usually divided into two different subject traditions - water and justice. In this article, we focus on the way teachers consider instruction within the frameworks of these two discourses and how teaching is related to sustainable development. The findings suggest that water and justice are two examples that are suitable for the problematisation of sustainable development with respect to holistic education. Current educational policies in Sweden advocate a tendency towards a more closed and subject-centred discourse, which means that the ability to successfully teach about sustainable development is made even more problematic.</p></abstract>

With regard to education, traditional environmentally-related issues have been intertwined with courses in natural sciences, which could entail opportunities as well as difficulties. The study concerns two knowledge matters that are usually divided into two different subject traditions - water and justice. In this article, we focus on the way teachers consider instruction within the frameworks of these two discourses and how teaching is related to sustainable development. The findings suggest that water and justice are two examples that are suitable for the problematisation of sustainable development with respect to holistic education. Current educational policies in Sweden advocate a tendency towards a more closed and subject-centred discourse, which means that the ability to successfully teach about sustainable development is made even more problematic.

Crossing Disciplinary Borders: Perspectives on Learning About Sustainable Development

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

With regard to education, traditional environmentally-related issues have been intertwined with courses in natural sciences, which could entail opportunities...

Crossing Disciplinary Borders: Perspectives on Learning About Sustainable Development

Published Online: Jul 13, 2012

Page range: 5 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10099-012-0001-0

Keywords
content, teaching, learning, civic science, socio-scientific, sustainable development

This content is open access.

Crossing Disciplinary Borders: Perspectives on Learning About Sustainable Development

Published Online: Jul 13, 2012

Page range: 5 - 19

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10099-012-0001-0

Keywordscontent, teaching, learning, civic science, socio-scientific, sustainable development

This content is open access.

Keywords
content, teaching, learning, civic science, socio-scientific, sustainable development