For initial stage of development of student ,teacher must be friend,philosopher,& guide for student so that can student can receive the motivation ,guidance ,for his study & his career development .

At the initial stage only teacher have to play a major part for the student so that they can be more interested in their study ,career & welfare .

Dear Pro.Dr.Doris, if you share any material in English language, it will be more useful for me. But you gave me a new direction too. I also need to know if there are any national standards in Pakistan too for ESD though its a new subject here.

Hi

I would suggest to first do a survey with them about the method they all liked for better awareness. This can be through campaigns, workshops, seminars or brainstorming methods. For further reading and reference find the links below.

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0021/002163/216383e.pdf

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001908/190898e.pdf

http://www.irf2015.org/sites/default/files/publications/IGES%20PB28%20-%20Quality%20Education%20for%20Sustainable%20Development%20(2014%20English).pdf

http://www.oecd.org/education/innovation-education/centreforeffectivelearningenvironmentscele/45575516.pdf

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/education-for-sustainable-development/education-for-sustainable-development/

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/leading-the-international-agenda/education-for-sustainable-development/

http://www.un.org/esa/sustdev/natlinfo/indicators/guidelines.pdf

I would suggest running Focus Groups to later develop the steps to follow.

My Dear Ashfaq Ahmed Janab, Yes I do agree with @Rohit M Parikh and @Prof Hussin Jose Hejase too. We need the greater role of teachers than students in creating awareness and educate them on sustainable development. Thanks

A questionnaire-based KAP study needs to be done in your case. The questionnaire needs to be constructed (a delphi study for initail constructs may be useful) according to the Pakistani education system if not already present and piloted before the main study. A representative multi phase sampling of the population needs to be done for a nationwide study for good results.

hello ashfaq...

your question is the question of the present times....and we all have to think over it .....but do you think in our developing countries like India, Pakistan, sri lanka etc. our teaches are much aware about sustainability.... and students are at next levels.....or we can also say that at some levels we are aware ....but the level is just of knowledge...but in practical we are at 'who cares' level.... we are very far away from the implementation level.... that means we are not aware at that much level of which we have to ....   look at we and our professors and teachers....for sake of just 'showing off' we left behind the word 'sustainability' and its meaning.... on the other hand the very dirty people ( in our minds and related to lower caste and tribes) works a lot in scavenging plastics, polythene etc. from the pollution generated by the higher classes.

I agree with Gouravjeet that we are far from implementation of such a curriculum, and that is one of the reasons I want to applaud Ashfaq's initiative on knowing how far we actually are from implementing it and what should be the future roadmap for it. I request you to also add an attitude section in your study so that we actually come to know the psychosocial factors that may pose as barriers or else supporters in implementation of curricular or structural change in education system. Sustainable development initiatives themselves with be a big boost to the new and future research in every field and the societies which will start thinking in the lines of sustainable development education will be the societies that will shape the future and lead the future of the world.

Hi are you referring to sustainable development as an ongoing Educational process the adoption of the constructivist and transformative learning models would be most applicable engagement in both of these allows the learner to become the change agent and or to change the learner by allowing an environment  which is conducive to ongoing reflection and internal reassessment.  Several authors have expanded upon these "theories of learning and teaching such as Jerome Bruner who has added the social context and moral implications as drivers towards

In this aspect I agree with Rohit and Ankur Sharma however these two "learning theories certainly highlight roles and responsibilities within a social setting (albeit academic) and that these institutions must reflect the needs  of their environment in a real-life contextual way.   

Several authors have expanded upon these "theories of learning and teaching such as Jerome Bruner who has added the social context and moral implications as drivers towards self-realisation. If you want references to relevant articles would be most happy to provide you with these.  

Though sustainable development is implemented into many curricula, it still seems to be relatively poorly implemented.

Burnmeister & Eilks have written a few articles on this, showing that atleast pre-service teachers have very poor knowledge on sustainable development. They have also created a module that can be used to teach sustainable development (in science).

Another good read is Juntunen & Aksela (2014) which discusses ESD, its possibilities and its challenges. It is written around a chemistry context, but contains useful information that can be implemented into other subjects as well.

Sorry really missed the point of the question in hindsight the models to promote SD are predominantly of the value of social context and implication. Thus both Constructivism and Transformational models allow implementation of allowing students to grasp implication and change and become change agents.

I agree with Mr. Manjunatha's opinion

I'm considering environmental protection, tolerance,religion,ethics,education protection,behavior,cleanliness,recycling or reusing resources, outer environment of school, littering of students and role of education in tolerance under ESD . I am also working on green school but how one can handle all these aspects or contents in a single questionnaire? Is there any sample of a questionnaire to share? And a questionnaire should be same or different for teachers and students?

Hi Ashfaq, You will have to review a lot of literature and determine the constructs and indicators of sustainable development.(It has to be regardless of whether you think it is an indicator or not.) Else you can determine the indicators and constructs ( a more time consuming, but in my opinion a more dependable process)  -it depends on you. Once that is done, you can determine the scale and do factor analysis. Try to make a common questionnaire...else how would you compare?. Plz refer to the attached articles for greater clarity.

http://sapiens.revues.org/166

http://www.aojcramer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Schmittmann2011.pdf

http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=5925588&jid=ENC&volumeId=16&issueId=01&aid=5925580

Good recommendation Ankur. I stress on the literature review.

In 1993, there was an approval for teaching a course that was entitled (Applied Chemistry). I was assigned the task of teaching this course & I included a chapter about (Energy & Energy Alternatives). Sustainable development emphasizes upon keeping our material & energy resources for generations to come and this involves finding out reasonable alternatives. Unfortunately, some colleagues worked on deleting this course from the list of courses under illogical reasons "the course has the same name as the specialization !". When a meeting was held in 2008 to decide about this deletion, I was the only person against while all of them voted (yes). Today, we have chemistry graduates who have no idea about sustainable development. 

It may be easy to answer the question with Yes or No . However, in order for environmental education and awareness to achieve its goals it should be, I believe, a continuous process, targeting all age groups, regardless of their education or profession.

May I suggest that you contact professor Marc Boutet (he is on Research Gate) [email protected]

He's been working on theese topics, with successive grants from the Social Sciences and Human Research Council - Canada since the last 18 years and he might as well indicate ou were to find some very usefull research results (national and international) on this very subject. Sincerely, François Larose.

It is a sociology-cultural-poiitical issue. The society has to value the importance of sustainability and all round growth. The value system may play a significant role in shaping out thinking and world view. 

In Lebanon, and based on the adopted agendas worldwide to eradicate poverty and to develop communities, a special Ministry was formed to upgrade Lebanese governance and introduce ICT projects starting from the public sector in all its divisions including public schools. So, based on such projects, teachers and students are familiar about the concept. As for private schools, usually these are more proactive and many of their teachers are members in NGOs which are acquainted withe the topic.

All that said, still much more awareness is needed to guarantee continuity.

It is important that the school and college students are given adequate exposure to understand the effect of environmental degradation due to human activities. School and college curricula should have adequate coverage of the subject of sustainable development issues including the reasons a

One major activity in this respect is to organize inter-school competitions with themes in sustainable development applications, a fact that helps spread the word academically and systematically.

A good way to start Mario. Moreover, if teachers put more effort to expose students via small projects and exhibitions, results will show faster. 

I agree with Hussin that focus groups would be a good way to learn how aware teachers are about sustainable development but a survey may pick awareness as well. if you want to go deeper into their knowledge and understanding then a focus group is a good methodology although it limits the sample you can reach.