Pre-service teachersʼ perceptions of, and experiences with, technology-enhanced transformative learning towards education for sustainable development

Stanislav Avsec (Author), Vesna Ferk Savec (Author)

Abstract

Teacher education for sustainable development (ESD) is faced with continuing unsustainability trends, which require deep and enduring social transformation. Transformative learning is a possible solution to facilitating reflection on the cognitive and socio-emotional processes underpinning students’ learning towards sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to investigate students’ perceptions of, and experiences with, technology-enhanced self-directed learning and design thinking as possible moderators of transformative learning in order to advance the concept and practice of teacher ESD. These perceptions and experiences are represented by 225 pedagogical and non-pedagogical students from the University of Ljubljana, asked to respond anonymously to three online questionnaires in May and June 2021. Findings indicate that strengthening the transformative aspect of ESD in pre-service teachers requires the consideration of critical reflection, self-awareness, risk propensity, holistic view and openness to diversity, and social support. Moreover, self-directed learning was found to be a moderator for transformative learning among pre-service science teachers, while design thinking was evenly developed among transformative learning for both low- and high-ability students, no matter the study programme. The conditioning factors and explanatory arguments for these results are also discussed.

Keywords

spletno učenje;oblikovalsko mišljenje;bodoči učitelji;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2021
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL PEF - Faculty of Education
Publisher:	Basel : MDPI
UDC:	378
COBISS:	77474307
ISSN:	2071-1050
Views:	130
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Other data

Secondary language:	English
Secondary keywords:	Izobraževanje učiteljev;Trajnostni razvoj;
File type:	application/pdf
Type (COBISS):	Article
Pages:	1 datoteka PDF (28 str.)
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ13
Issue:	ǂissue ǂ18
Chronology:	2021
DOI:	10.3390/su131810443
ID:	13380712