Open AccessSustainability Stories to Encounter Competences for Sustainability
Author(s) -
Ola Uhrqvist,
Lisa Carlsson,
Ann-Sofie Kall,
Therese Asplund
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of education for sustainable development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0973-4074
pISSN - 0973-4082
DOI - 10.1177/09734082211005041
Subject(s) - sustainability , education for sustainable development , competence (human resources) , sociology , engineering ethics , pluralism (philosophy) , sustainability organizations , sustainable development , social sustainability , action (physics) , pedagogy , public relations , environmental ethics , psychology , political science , epistemology , engineering , social psychology , ecology , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , law , biology
We communicate, relate, educate and make our world meaningful through stories. Stories are integrated in and are a part of every sustainability issue. In this article, we develop the concept of sustainability stories, and how they can be assessed and developed to correspond with the intentions of education for sustainable development (ESD). Literature shows that valued competences such as action competence, systems perspectives, student engagement and critical reflection have difficulties when it comes to informing educational practices in profound ways. In this article, we argue for the use of sustainability stories as an educational strategy to overcome this problem. Here the didactical tool ecolocigal, pluralism, organisations, social, economic and, agents (EPOSEA) aids teachers in enhancing their ESD classroom activities as well as providing a tool for co-producing sustainability stories. We argue for the potential of serious stories in ESD to holistically engage learners in exploring complex issues.