How can humankind respond to the enormous challenges we are currently facing? How can educators help develop an understanding of 'one world'; and our roles as global citizens?

Our biggest challenge in this new century is to take an idea that sounds abstract; sustainable development; and turn it into reality for all the world's people.

Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations

Evaluation Tools and Methodologies


Key aims of the Learning for Sustainable Cities project are to:
• Challenge or change values and attitudes
• Encourage positive action

How can we try and assess or measure whether we are achieving these aims?

The project aims to develop a range of tools and indicators that will try and show that we are:
• Improving knowledge and understanding
• Influencing values and attitudes
• Developing ‘action competence’ (i.e. the ability to take action)

The importance of this last feature is recognised in the review of 10 years of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) published by UNESCO for the World Summit on Sustainable Development.

 

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