Anna Uitto|Seppo Saloranta
Subject Teachers as Educators for Sustainability: A Survey Study
University of Helsinki|University of Helsinki
sustainability education se included school curricula integrate principles values practices sustainable development sd education study investigates lower secondary school subject teachers educators sustainability survey used study perceptions 442 subject teachers 49 schools finland significant differences subject teachers perceptions se competence frequency used different dimensions se ecological economic social wellbeing cultural teaching varied teachers age small effect gender school residential location nonsignificant factors teachers could roughly classified three different subgroups according perceptions role se teaching considered three se dimensions rather often used holistic sustainability approaches teaching biology geography history considered two three dimensions often active holistic teaching mother tongue religion visual arts crafts music physical health education home economics used one se dimension consider one holistic approach teaching mathematics physics chemistry language subject teachers awareness se competence important encourage plan implement disciplinebased interdisciplinary se teaching specific se expertise subject teachers taken account teacher training education