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03/30/2022 | Pressemitteilung

Study profile on sustainability awarded

Helping tomorrow's teachers bring sustainability into schools: That is the goal of InterESD. For this, the Kassel-based network received an award on March 30 from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the German UNESCO Commission for Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).

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Because of the Corona pandemic, the prize was awarded digitally. Besides the award, a flag was sent to the winners.

In the study profile: Internationalization and Education for Sustainable Development (InterESD), student teachers at the University of Kassel deal with global issues of sustainable development. This happens in the course of their regular studies and independent of their subject combination. This approach is unique in Germany. For this, it was one of a total of 29 initiatives to receive the "Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)" award from the new UNESCO "ESD 2030" program.

It goes to projects that promote the achievement of the global sustainability goals and reach people with innovative educational offerings, content and ideas. They also aim to empower learners to participate responsibly in shaping a sustainable future.

"Teachers are supposed to bring education for sustainable development into schools and lessons in an interdisciplinary way and implement it. However, they are insufficiently trained to do so. And this is exactly where InterESD comes in," explains Dr. Ellen Christoforatou. She is the managing director of the Center for Teacher Education at the University of Kassel and the initiator of the working group, which has already been working for ten years on bringing sustainable development into teacher education and has developed the 2018 study profile.

UNESCO program "Education for Sustainable Development  

In 2020, the United Nations proclaimed the "Decade of Action" to achieve the global Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Against this backdrop, UNESCO launched the ESD 2030 program, with the implementation of Education for Sustainable Development as a goal in the United Nations' 2030 Global Sustainability Agenda.

More information: https://www.unesco.de/bildung/bildung-fuer-nachhaltige-entwicklung/auszeichnung-fuer-29-bildungsinitiativen

Contact:

Dr. Ellen Christoforatou
University of Kassel
Center for Teacher:ing Education
Executive Director
Tel. +49-561 804-2658 / -2324
E-mail: christoforatou[at]uni-kassel[dot]de

Dr. Andreas Gebhardt
University of Kassel
Communication, Press and Public Relations
Tel. 0561 804-1961
E-Mail: Presse[at]uni-kassel[dot]de