A Three-dimensional Aproach in Education for Sustainable Future

Živilė Sederevičiūtė-Pačiauskienė


Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio 11, Vilnius, 10223, Lithuania (Lithuania)

Viktorija Žilinskaitė-Vytienė


Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio 11, Vilnius, 10223, Lithuania (Lithuania)

Ilona Valantinaitė


Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio 11, Vilnius, 10223, Lithuania (Lithuania)


Abstract

The concept of sustainable development is used in a growing number of new contexts (ever-modernising technologies, developing science, environmental protection, politics) and levels (global, regional, national, institutional, personal). The concept differs depending on an area in which it is used. Business,  technologies and politics use typical, already existing approaches to sustainable development. The projection/transposition of sustainable development paradigm into the sphere of education, science, technologies, economy, environmental protection and politics acquire the specifics of a sphere, namely structure and terminology, and has different elements. A wide field of human activity and different levels of the implementation of the concept of sustainable development make the analysis of this development and its implementation in the education sector more difficult. Both scientific and practical educational discourse need common parameters, common dimensions which unify the different areas of  sustainable development and allow educators to accurately convey a full picture of this development. In this article, we will highlight educational approach towards a sustainability paradigm by analysing the common dimensions of sustainable development. We will talk about the levels of the implementation of sustainable development by concentrating on education at a personal level. Having applied the triangle of the dimensions of sustainable development (Place, Permanence, Persons), created by L. Seghezzo, to explain and analyse the concept of quality of life, in the article, we will present a three dimensional model of education for sustainable development.


Keywords:

sustainability, sustainable development, quality of life, education

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2017-01-02

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Sederevičiūtė-Pačiauskienė, Živilė, Žilinskaitė-Vytienė, V., & Valantinaitė, I. (2017). A Three-dimensional Aproach in Education for Sustainable Future. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 12(1), 63–69. Retrieved from https://ph.pollub.pl/index.php/preko/article/view/4998

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Živilė Sederevičiūtė-Pačiauskienė 

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio 11, Vilnius, 10223, Lithuania Lithuania

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Viktorija Žilinskaitė-Vytienė 

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio 11, Vilnius, 10223, Lithuania Lithuania

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Ilona Valantinaitė 

Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Saulėtekio 11, Vilnius, 10223, Lithuania Lithuania

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