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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20230828132245.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
(hbk) |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
372.954 |
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Ed832 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Student name |
Safia Rahmatullah, |
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PhD in Education, |
| Session |
2021 |
| Supervisor |
Supervised by Dr. Shafqat Ali |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Education for sustainable development : evaluation of social studies curriculum at elementary school level in Punjab |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
/ Safia Rahmatullah |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Lahore : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Lower Mall Campus, Univeristy of Education, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2021 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
264 p. |
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CD. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Sustainable development is an integral part of a successful and planned society.<br/>Therefore, this mixed-methods study investigated the status of education for<br/>sustainable development (ESD) at all three elementary levels of Punjab, Pakistan.<br/>This study explained the status of ESD in: (1) social study curriculum, (2) social study<br/>books, (3) perception of elementary teachers on ESD, (4) perception of curriculum<br/>experts on ESD presence in the curriculum of all three elementary levels, and (5)<br/>students’ knowledge and attitude toward economic, social, and environmental<br/>sustainability. The mixed methods, convergent design with a parallel database variant<br/>was used to achieve the objectives. The content analysis, interviews, and<br/>questionnaires were a source of data collection. The sample of the study was<br/>comprised of social studies curriculum and textbooks of elementary level, 40 teachers<br/>from forty elementary schools, 5 curriculum experts, and twelve hundred elementary<br/>students. It is found that the term sustainable or sustainable development has not been<br/>practiced in the curriculum and in textbooks. Content analysis of the curriculum<br/>showed that curriculum at elementary level needs to be improved. Moreover, it has<br/>found that most of teachers try to provide the best services to teach their students on<br/>sustainability but there was an extreme need of teachers training and refreshing<br/>courses on ESD. Key challenges recognized in the curriculum and social study<br/>textbooks of elementary level grade 6th,7th, and 8th were lack of sustainable<br/>development competencies, no teacher training for sustainable development, and lack<br/>of advanced terminology in the curriculum regarding SD. This study also found that<br/>there is an extreme need to prepare a curriculum that covered the best knowledge and<br/>practices on sustainability and its development. Further, this study recommended that<br/>the Government of Punjab need to either develop a social study curriculum about ESD according to developed countries, or fellow best practices and frameworks of the<br/>curriculum of other countries. The curriculum developers may use the study findings<br/>to revise the social studies curricula at the elementary level. The textbook writers<br/>might use the findings to write textbooks with a focus on ESD content and ESD<br/>competencies. Teachers might use the findings to improve their students’ knowledge<br/>of sustainability issues and their competencies regarding sustainability. Policymakers<br/>might use the findings of the study to devise policies regarding the implementation of<br/>education for sustainable development. Future researchers may use the findings to<br/>plan further research in the area of education for sustainable development.<br/>Keywords: Education for sustainable development, Social Studies curriculum, Social<br/>Studies Textbooks, ESD Competences, Curriculum Experts. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Education--Sustainable Development--Curriculum--Elementary School--Punjab |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Theses |
