Implementing ESD in Schools: Perspectives of Principals in Germany, Macau, and the USA
- To successfully cope with global challenges such as climate change or loss of biodiversity, it will require a substantial change in the ways societies make use of the natural resources of our planet. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is expected to support the transformation of societies towards more sustainable ways of thinking, working, and living. Although there is a broad range of literature on ESD, little is known about the role of school leadership in ESD. However, leadership is crucial for the implementation of ESD in schools. This article gives a short overview of the status of ESD within Germany, Macau, and the United States and a literature review on leadership for ESD in schools. It reports on a study that seeks to investigate what principals do in Germany, Macau, and the United States; specifically, what management strategies they use and which competences they need to successfully establish ESD in their schools.
| Author: | Ulrich Müller, Dawson R. Hancock, Tobias Stricker, Chuang Wang |
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| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179823 |
| Publisher: | MDPI Open Access Journals |
| Document Type: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Publishing Institution: | Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg |
| Release Date: | 2023/01/24 |
| Year of Completion: | 2021 |
| Tag: | education for sustainable development; ESD; school leadership; principals |
| GND Keyword: | Erziehung; Umwelt |
| Issue: | Sustainability 2021, 13(17) |
| Note: | Volltext ist unter angegebener DOI abrufbar, |
| DDC class: | 300 Sozialwissenschaften / 370 Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen |
| Open Access: | Ja |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |