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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 3876 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-19 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Sustainability |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| Publication status | Published - 25 Oct 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Abstract
Keywords
- Decision-making, Education for sustainable development, Extracurricular activities
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science(all)
- Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
- Social Sciences(all)
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Energy(all)
- Energy Engineering and Power Technology
- Environmental Science(all)
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
- Energy(all)
- Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Sustainable Development Goals
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In: Sustainability, Vol. 10, No. 11, 3876, 25.10.2018, p. 1-19.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Students’ decision-making in education for sustainability-related extracurricular activities: A systematic review of empirical studies
AU - Garrecht, Carola
AU - Bruckermann, Till
AU - Harms, Ute
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2018 by the authors.
PY - 2018/10/25
Y1 - 2018/10/25
N2 - Equipping students with the capability to perform considerate decision-making is a key competence to elaborate socio-scientific issues. Particularly in the socio-scientific context of sustainable development, decision-making is required for the processing of information and the implementation of sustainable action. Extracurricular activities in education for sustainable development (ESD) offer a suitable format to promote decision-making due to their multidisciplinary and more informal structure. The purpose of this literature review is therefore to analyze empirical studies that explore students’ (1) decision-making in (2) ESD-related (3) extracurricular activities. Following the preferred-reporting of items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, a systematic search yielded 19 out of 365 articles, each of them addressing all three components. Despite the theoretical relationship, hardly any empirical enquiry is found examining the trinomial interrelation with an equal consideration of all components. Contrarily, we argue that each is positioned in favor for only one component with the others serving as a backdrop. It follows that the full potential of an equal distribution between all three foci has not been explored yet; even though integrating sustainability-related issues in extracurricular activities displays a promising learning opportunity to optimally foster students’ decision-making. Instead, studies that concentrate primarily on decision-making as a quantitatively measurable competence were predominant.
AB - Equipping students with the capability to perform considerate decision-making is a key competence to elaborate socio-scientific issues. Particularly in the socio-scientific context of sustainable development, decision-making is required for the processing of information and the implementation of sustainable action. Extracurricular activities in education for sustainable development (ESD) offer a suitable format to promote decision-making due to their multidisciplinary and more informal structure. The purpose of this literature review is therefore to analyze empirical studies that explore students’ (1) decision-making in (2) ESD-related (3) extracurricular activities. Following the preferred-reporting of items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, a systematic search yielded 19 out of 365 articles, each of them addressing all three components. Despite the theoretical relationship, hardly any empirical enquiry is found examining the trinomial interrelation with an equal consideration of all components. Contrarily, we argue that each is positioned in favor for only one component with the others serving as a backdrop. It follows that the full potential of an equal distribution between all three foci has not been explored yet; even though integrating sustainability-related issues in extracurricular activities displays a promising learning opportunity to optimally foster students’ decision-making. Instead, studies that concentrate primarily on decision-making as a quantitatively measurable competence were predominant.
KW - Decision-making
KW - Education for sustainable development
KW - Extracurricular activities
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U2 - 10.3390/su10113876
DO - 10.3390/su10113876
M3 - Article
VL - 10
SP - 1
EP - 19
JO - Sustainability
JF - Sustainability
SN - 2071-1050
IS - 11
M1 - 3876
ER -