Education for sustainable development: current discourses and practices and their relevance to technology education

摘要: Technology education is a well-established field of knowledge whose applications have many ramifications. For example, technology may be used as tool in meeting the challenges sustainable development. However, usefulness to sustainability debate whole and for development particular, has largely been overlooked past. Indeed, there paucity academic studies which examine contribution provide On basis need address this gap, paper reviews state affairs relation considers its links appropriateness education. A further objective present examples initiatives existing practices around world, drawing partly from results 1st European Conference on Education Sustainable Development held Greece October 2007, well other undertaken Europe North America. Finally, some measures that adopted order enhance are outlined.