Teacher Education for Sustainable Development: A Review of an Emerging Research Field

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Authors

  • Daniel Fischer
  • Jordan King
  • Marco Rieckmann
  • Matthias Barth
  • Alexander Büssing
  • Ingrid Hemmer
  • Detlev Lindau-Bank

Research Organisations

External Research Organisations

  • Wageningen University and Research
  • Arizona State University
  • University of Vechta
  • Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)509-524
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of teacher education
Volume73
Issue number5
Early online date3 Jul 2022
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2022

Abstract

Teacher Education for Sustainable Development (TESD) is a niche innovation in teacher education that empowers teachers to prepare learners to address global socio-environmental challenges. To advance the diffusion of this niche innovation into general teacher education, this article offers a systematic literature review based on a qualitative analysis of 158 peer-reviewed publications on TESD research. Our results show that TESD research is a growing field characterized by five types of inquiry: designing learning environments, understanding learner attributes, measuring learning outcomes, promoting systems change, and advancing visions for the field. Major innovation potentials of TESD for more general teacher education are its emphasis on the grand socio-environmental challenges of our times, methodologies to engage with knowledge diversity (e.g., inter/transdisciplinarity), and sustainability science learning approaches (e.g., backcasting). We suggest that future work builds from this review to strengthen links between teacher education and TESD in enhancing quality education.

Keywords

    assessment, international teacher education, learning environment, systematic literature review, Teacher Education for Sustainable Development, teacher education research methodology

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Sustainable Development Goals

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Teacher Education for Sustainable Development: A Review of an Emerging Research Field. / Fischer, Daniel; King, Jordan; Rieckmann, Marco et al.
In: Journal of teacher education, Vol. 73, No. 5, 11.2022, p. 509-524.

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Fischer, D, King, J, Rieckmann, M, Barth, M, Büssing, A, Hemmer, I & Lindau-Bank, D 2022, 'Teacher Education for Sustainable Development: A Review of an Emerging Research Field', Journal of teacher education, vol. 73, no. 5, pp. 509-524. https://doi.org/10.1177/00224871221105784
Fischer, D., King, J., Rieckmann, M., Barth, M., Büssing, A., Hemmer, I., & Lindau-Bank, D. (2022). Teacher Education for Sustainable Development: A Review of an Emerging Research Field. Journal of teacher education, 73(5), 509-524. https://doi.org/10.1177/00224871221105784
Fischer D, King J, Rieckmann M, Barth M, Büssing A, Hemmer I et al. Teacher Education for Sustainable Development: A Review of an Emerging Research Field. Journal of teacher education. 2022 Nov;73(5):509-524. Epub 2022 Jul 3. doi: 10.1177/00224871221105784
Fischer, Daniel ; King, Jordan ; Rieckmann, Marco et al. / Teacher Education for Sustainable Development: A Review of an Emerging Research Field. In: Journal of teacher education. 2022 ; Vol. 73, No. 5. pp. 509-524.
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