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Higher education and education for sustainable development: Experience of Institute of Sustainable Education Daugavpils University Institute of Sustainable Education prof. Ilga Salite. Time context: Daugavpils University (DU) 1921 / 1993/ 2002
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Higher education and education for sustainable development: Experience of Institute of Sustainable Education Daugavpils UniversityInstitute of Sustainable Educationprof. Ilga Salite
Time context: Daugavpils University (DU) 1921 / 1993/ 2002 Faculty of Education and Management (FEM) 1994 / 1996/ 2003 Institute of Sustainable Education (ISE) 2003 / 2006
General framework for development of ISE General Frame ESD RESD Support system for development of ESD & RESD
Development of staff’s personal inquiry and frames of reference for study program development
Complementarityof meta-content & content in education content centered attitude / value / wisdom centered culture spirituality, identity subjects integration ecology ecologization / environmentalization
Holistic model of sustainable education Ecological context Cultural and spiritual context Social context Economical context
Source: New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Cultural well-being and local government, Report 1, 2006
Source: Nathan Cardinal & Emilie Adin’s An urban Aboriginal life: The 2005 indicators report on the quality of life of Aboriginal people in the Greater Vancouver region, Centre for Native Policy and Research
Action research: Historical background 2000, Faculty of Education and Management (FEM) (Daugavpils University, Latvia) joined the UNESCO project “Reorienting Teacher Education to Address Sustainability” action research project involved teachers, researchers, students, partners of the faculty, and others
2002, International conference “Person. Colour. Nature. Music” Identification of the need to establish new conference “Sustainable development. Culture. Education” Identification of the need for a forum for large-scale global dialogue and international journal 2002, the Journal of Teacher Education and Training (JTET) was launched as a tool for local and global networking
2003, organization of the First International JTET Conference “Sustainable Development. Culture. Education” at Daugavpils University 2003, establishment of the Easten European Regional Network of the UNESCO Teacher reorientation project 2003, foundation of the Institute of Sustainable Education by FEM
2005, foundation of the Baltic and Black Sea consortium in educational research (BBCC) 2007, rename ofthe Journal of Teacher Education and Training (JTET) as Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability
Sustainability through culture Social aspect Ecological aspect Economical aspect