Implementing the United Nations Decade on Education for Sustainable Development in Latvian Higher Education

• Authors: Rudīte Grabovska , Jens Grabowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article analyzes the implementation of aims and tasks of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) (2005-2014) in Latvian higher education institutions (HEI). In the first part of the article the general context of DESD and its' objectives that will be necessary to reach in all levels of education systems are characterized. The second part describes the results obtained from the research on five Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) indicators by considering the situation in two state universities and two regional HEI in Latvia. Educational policies, strategies, curricula, documentations, and different activities in higher education were analyzed in the context of the DESD. Evaluation of the situation in Latvian HEI in general permits the authors to conclude that cooperation on ESD in global context is developed better than local initiatives.

Keywords

EN

sustainable development; education for sustainable development; higher education; teacher education; evaluation; implementation

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 18-30

Dates

published

2009-01-01

online

2009-05-15

Contributors

author

Rudīte Grabovska

• Daugavpils University, Latvia

author

Jens Grabowski

• Daugavpils University, Latvia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10099-009-0029-y