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- Title
Educators, As Agents of Sustainable Development in Pakistan.
- Authors
Khan, Ayaz Muhammad; Jamshaid, Amber; Ramzan, Amna
- Abstract
Sustainable development (SD), a continually creating thought, with the plan to upgrade everyone’s satisfaction, by accommodating economic, environmental and social development. The leading aim of the paper in hands was to evaluate the role of educators concerning Education for Sustainable Development in Pakistan and this would be an initiate of a sustainable future in the country. This study was to reconnoitre the perception of educators about their role as an sustainable development (SD) promoter at primary level and this qualitative study conducted to identify the strengths, weakness, hurdles and responsibilities of a teacher as an SD promoter. The study was qualitative in nature and to gain an in-depth insight into the phenomenon a semi-structured interview protocol was developed 30 participants were selected on the bases of seniority by convenient sampling technique. The finding shows that there was a lot of potential in the teachers which are necessary to work as an agent of sustainability, the majority of them was unaware about the term "sustainability" but teaching SD concept for a long time without knowing it, to some extent curriculum also help them. Most of the teacher in this study had different challenges and obstacles, just like lack of resources, the lake of the support system from administration and society. All the educators believed that they need to be determined and resourceful to perform their tasks as an agent for sustainable development.
- Subjects
PAKISTAN; SUSTAINABLE development; EDUCATORS; EDUCATIONAL accountability; SEMI-structured interviews; SOCIAL development
- Publication
Journal of Educational Research (1027-9776), 2019, Vol 22, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1027-9776
- Publication type
Article