Towards weak sustainability in the formal curricula: a case study of research-driven pedagogical reform in Hong Kong

Presentation 3International organizations such as UNESCO have long recognized the important role of education in helping to achieve the goals of sustainability/sustainable development. The launch of the Decade of Education of Sustainable Development (2005-2014) is a strong indication of UNESCO’s commitment to promoting the Education for Sustainable Development. Curiously “Education for Sustainability” has been used interchangeably with “Education for Sustainable Development” by many organizations, even though there are subtle but significant differences between the two phrases. The teaching and learning of both concepts involve capacity-building and life-style changes and, as such, they are different from the conventional type of environmental education that concentrates on problem-solving …published_or_final_versio