I am trying to determine the training needs of Technical and vocational education (TVE) teacher trainees with regards to Education for sustainable development (ESD). First I would like to ascertain the perceptions of TVE teacher educators and TVE teacher trainees regarding their understanding of the concept of sustainable development. Since perception is subjective and varied, interviews appears to be the best approach to explore, however use of interviews will only be feasible for the teacher educators, but not very feasible for the teacher trainees due to language barriers and a very large sample size. The challenge hence is in developing a questionnaire that can adequately measure perceptions of ESD, or instead measuring attitude towards ESD. My question is, is there a way to develop an ESD perception questionnaire that can be measured on an ordinal scale or is ‘Attitude’ a better measurable construct than perception in this regards. Thank you
This will depend on the interpretation of the term "education for sustainable development" means The answer to this may be political, which we cannot ignore. Teacher training becomes useless the expertise developed match what is desired and can be utilized in the developing country they live in or the developed country they live in.
Sustainable development should match the geography of the territory and training should be focused on this.
This is an important topic these days.
This link on ESD can also be helpful.
Best regards,
Debra
http://www.bne-portal.de/english/introducing-esd/
You might want to look into the work of prof. Arjen Wals; he is one my colleagues and very active in this topic.
I suggest that you look at http://umaine.edu/soe/files/2009/06/NewEcologicalParadigmNEPScale1.pdf Dunlap's revised NEP is useful
Thanks everyone for your contributions so far, gotten more perspective
Can you recommend an instrument for measuring perception or attitudes towards Education for sustainable development for teacher trainees?
Hi Caleb :) In a qualitative study an instrument for data collection could be interviews. Ask teacher trainees semi-structured open-ended questions on sustainable development. Don't forget to record the interviews for coding and analyzing themes. Hope this helps!
See
Kennelly, J., Taylor, N, & Maxwell, TW 2008. Addressing the challenge of preparing Australian pre-service primary teachers in Environmental Education: An evaluation of a dedicated unit, Journal of Education for Sustainable Development 2, 2, 141-156.
Kennelly, J., Taylor, N. & Maxwell, T. 2008. A student teacher’s personal pathway to Education for Sustainability. Australian Journal of Environmental Education 24, pp. 23-34.
Also Julie Kennelly's PhD at the University of New England is relevant.
Why don't you develop your own instrument for measuring perception or attitudes towards Education, following the methodology suggested:
Lal, S.P., Mohammad, A., Ponnusamy, K. and Kale, R.B. (2016). A methodological pathway to quantify perception of the participants of animal fairs with relevance to national dairy mela at NDRI Karnal, India. Journal of Animal Research, 6 (3): 437-444.
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