Thematic Research Report
Education for Sustainable Development: Implications for National Quality Policy
A policy framework for aligning educational purpose, curriculum, institutional conditions and public accountability at the commencement of the United Nations Decade
The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development commenced on 1 January 2005. Its opening presents governments with a policy question that cannot be answered by adding a discrete environmental topic to an already crowded curriculum. The international mandate concerns the orientation of education itself: the purposes it serves, the knowledge and judgement it develops, the conditions under which learning takes place, and the capacity of learners and institutions to respond responsibly to interdependent social, economic and environmental pressures. National quality policy is therefore one of the principal means through which the commitment will acquire practical effect.
- Research category
- Industry Policy and Regional Regulatory Analysis
- Report archetype
- Policy and Regulatory Synthesis
- Geographic scope
- Global