Educational Research in the Era of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2nd Edition)

Dear Colleagues,

Our modern communities are constantly faced with enormous environmental and socioeconomic challenges and, unfortunately, the initiation of environmental education in the late 1960s and early 1970s, in both formal and non-formal education settings, and its later evolution, did not prove to be the most successful tool to improve our relationship with nature. This is mainly due to what has potentially been an improper introduction of environmental education/education for sustainable development worldwide. Although these efforts placed environmental education/education for sustainable development on new and promising paths, updates to the implementation of environmental education in the early 1990s and its transition to education for sustainable development, intended to meet contemporary societal needs, as well as the implementation of the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (2005–2014), proved to achieve less than initially expected.

Having in mind all of the above, in 2015 the United Nations member states approved a promising action plan to promote sustainability until the year 2030, known as the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. This framework integrates 17 Sustainable Development Goals, aiming to cover all aspects of sustainability through several targets, identified as objectives to be accomplished by the end of the third decade of the 21st century.

Consequently, the main purpose of this Special Issue is to convey the best practices of current educational research, seeking to contribute to the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Such research could emanate from all levels (primary, secondary, and tertiary) and types of education (formal and non-formal), engaging students, teachers, and citizens.

Dr. Athanasios Mogias
Dr. George Malandrakis
Dr. Panayota Koulouri
Guest Editors

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• environmental education
• education for sustainable development
• environmental literacies
• agenda 2030 sustainable development goals
• elementary education
• secondary education
• tertiary education
• students
• teachers
• citizens