Volume 08 Issue 06 June 2025
Prof. Dr. Edhah Numan Khazaal
International Economic Relation Dep, College of Political Sccience, Al-Nahrain University Baghdad/ Iraq
DOI : https://doi.org/10.47191/ijsshr/v8-i6-44Google Scholar Download Pdf
ABSTRACT
The term "education for sustainable development" (ESD) refers to learning that fosters improvements in knowledge, abilities, attitudes, and values in order to build a more sustainable future for all. The study tries to shed light on the difficulties faced by academic instructors in the field of education (TE) when putting Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) into practice The participants of this study were the academic teachers currently teaching in the college of political science at Al-Nahrain University, and 25 were chosen as sample for this study in the academic year 2023-2024.The instruments of this study were a questionnaire and an interview questions. The questionnaire consists of 10 items to clarify whether the academic teachers have any idea about ESD design activities. The interview consists of 6 items about the teacher's idea and role concerning sustainable development. The findings indicated that academic teachers really face many challenges with the concept of SD and ESD, they have no idea about (ESD), they haven’t use this strategy in their teaching, moreover it is not familiar to our students, and it is hard to evaluate Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).It also recommends more research aimed at determining the requirements for teacher preparation programs designed to improve teachers' understanding of ESD.
KEYWORDS:Academic teachers; Sustainable development; Education for sustainable development
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