PERSPECTIVES OF EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY: DEFINING THE REORIENTING TEACHER EDUCATION IN A NEW FOCUS IN THE 21th CENTUARY

Abstract

Education for sustainable development is a vision of education that seeks to balance human and society well-being with cultural traditions and respect others. It emphasizes aspects of learning that enhance the transition towards sustainability including future education. We cannot imagine how the people of all the nations could move toward a more sustainable world without the contribution of teachers from around the globe. Educating for a more sustainable future in its broadest sense includes improving quality basic education, reorienting education to address sustainability, improving public awareness, and providing training to many sectors of society. Teacher education focuses four aspect of learning especially-learning to know, learning to do, learning to be, learning to leave to together. We know that education has been the passport to opportunity and prosperity. It has enabled individuals, to recognize the challenges and facing real life situation. Sustainability it was a chance for us to develop the new innovation and expertise our profession valuably. Sustainable development (ESD) raises awareness of the complexity and dynamism of issues, it also plays a key role in making sustainable development understood and that it is applied in a concrete way. ESD helps to develop the capacity for critical reflection and systemic analysis and futures thinking, as well as to motivate actions that promote sustainable development.