Monitoring Progress of Change: Implementation of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within Documents of the German Education System
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Monitoring ESD—Tracing Its Implementation
1.2. Longitudinal Document Analysis
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Early Childhood Education
3.2. School Education
3.3. Vocational Education and Training
3.4. Higher Education
4. Discussion
4.1. Status and Progress of ESD Implementation in the German Education System
4.2. Monitoring ESD within Documents – Perspective and Outlook
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Categories of Documents | Early Childhood Education (n = 182) | School Education (n = 780) | Vocational Education and Training (n = 321) | Higher Education (n = 430) |
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Laws/education acts | Federal and state laws (67) | Laws of all 16 states (43) | Federal and state laws (11) | Laws of all 16 states (39) |
Resolutions/recommendations | Resolutions of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Youth and Family Affairs (JFMK) (50) | Resolutions of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs (KMK) (19) | Board resolutions and expert studies of the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) and the Committee on Vocational Education within the KMK (33) | Positions, recommendations, and resolutions of the German and Regional Rectors’ Conferences (HRK/LRK) (51) |
Curricula/education plans, etc., for learners | Education plans of all 16 states (4) | School curricula of all 16 states 1 for 9 selected subjects (316) | Training regulations for 14 selected professions and new or restructured training regulations for all professions (2015–2019) (88) | Course handbooks of 3 subjects from 15 selected universities 2 (205) |
Training regulations for educators | Curricula of courses in early childhood education in all states (44) | Course handbooks and study/examination regulations for teacher training in five selected states (402) | Course handbooks and study/examination regulations for teacher training in five selected states (183) | - |
Other relevant types of documents | Mission statements and quality-development-related documents of federal associations (17) | - | National Reports on Vocational Education and Training (6) | Target agreements between states and institutions of higher education (81); University Development Plans (as available) of all states (11); Mission statements (13), sustainability reports (12) and internationalization strategies (18) of 15 selected institutions |
Conceptual List of Keywords | |
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Education for Sustainable Development
| Sustainability/Sustainable Development
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Educational concepts related to ESD
| Perspectives on and from ESD
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Holst, J.; Brock, A.; Singer-Brodowski, M.; de Haan, G. Monitoring Progress of Change: Implementation of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within Documents of the German Education System. Sustainability 2020, 12, 4306. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12104306
Holst J, Brock A, Singer-Brodowski M, de Haan G. Monitoring Progress of Change: Implementation of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within Documents of the German Education System. Sustainability. 2020; 12(10):4306. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12104306
Chicago/Turabian StyleHolst, Jorrit, Antje Brock, Mandy Singer-Brodowski, and Gerhard de Haan. 2020. "Monitoring Progress of Change: Implementation of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) within Documents of the German Education System" Sustainability 12, no. 10: 4306. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12104306