School Education
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Education for Sustainable Development must be embedded in education at all levels. The objective of the Working Group on School Education is to change the school curriculum and teaching methods so that students are actively involved in the creation, use and evaluation of knowledge and to ensure that their communication and interaction skills are developed.
This means, among other things, that both the curriculum, school timetables, school organisation and school design as well as cooperation with outside partners must be made conform to principles of sustainability.
The Working Group developed and adopted the “Recommendation from the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) of the Länder and the German Commission for UNESCO (DUK) on Education for Sustainable Development in schools” in 2007. In order for the recommendation to implement ESD in the school day in as many subjects and cross-disciplinary organisational forms as possible so that it actually becomes a major concern of school life, systematic anchorage is required.
The Working Group has set itself the task of providing critical support for this implementation process. This involves, among other things, embedding ESD in ducational standards and exerting some influence over curriculum development accordingly. Furthermore, in teacher training ESD must be encouraged in all phases of initial and further training.
Contact:
Working Group on School
Education
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Federation of German Consumer Organisations
Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband e.V. (vzbv)
Markgrafenstraße 66
10969 Berlin, Germany
phone + 49 30 25800105
fax + 49 30 25800218
Person to contact: Peter Gnielczyk
Gnielczyk@vzbv.de
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