Developing and measuring educator competence in Education for Sustainable Development

Vare, Paul ORCID: 0000-0003-3182-9105 (2017) Developing and measuring educator competence in Education for Sustainable Development. In: UKFIET Learning and Teaching for Sustainable Development: Curriculum, Cognition and Context, 5 – 7 September 2017, Oxford University. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Assessing education for sustainable development (ESD) is fraught with difficulties given the aspects of values and intentionality that are critical in this field yet so difficult to assess accurately in traditional surveys. This paper draws on the work of Bakhtin and subsequently Wegerif. It suggests that all dialogue is addressed to an unseen super addressee or Infinite Other and this offers a deeper (or vertical) dimension to dialogue. This dimension can be detected through statements that demonstrate critical thinking and may lead to a consideration of underpinning ethical dimensions and values in any given situation. Such dialogue could be seen as an indicator of a potential, if not an actual, shift in values. Initial results of this action research project are discussed and next steps outlined.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Education and Science
Research Priority Areas:	Society and Learning
Depositing User:	Paul Vare
Date Deposited:	11 Sep 2019 10:53
Last Modified:	31 Aug 2023 08:43
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/7190

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