In: Education relative à l'environnement, 2020, p. 1-19
Although sustainable development has succeeded in penetrating the economy, and most school curricula incorporate education on the subject, almost 30 years later, it is clear that mass extinction, pollution, social disparities, ecological disasters and overexploitation are our daily fare. Can this counterproductive and alarming result possibly be attributed to a concept that has appeased our...
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In: Revue Francophone du Développement Durable, 2017, no. Hors-série no 5, p. 6-17
Les objectifs d’une éducation en vue d’un développement durable relèvent d’un niveau taxonomique élevé. Cette complexité cognitive est démultipliée par d’autres éléments complexes émanant de la psychologie des individus et de l’influence des rapports interpersonnels. Cet article est un essai visant à identifier l’ensemble de ces mécanismes.
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In: Les jeux dans l'éducation et la médiation scientifiques : actes des 32es journées internationales sur la communication, l'éducation et la culture scientifiques, techniques et industrielles (JIES), 2013, p. 31-41
The 2013 edition of the JIES has hosted an experimental session of "The Empire of hypergliders", a "serious" role-play about questions related to shale oil. This game was elaborated by the Haute École pédagogique in Fribourg, Switzerland, and aims at training future teachers to complex thinking, which is a major feature of sustainable development education. The purpose of this first trial in...
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In: Vertigo : la revue électronique en sciences de l'environnement, 2013, no. Hors-série 13, p. 1-19
By presenting the Swiss school system and its specificities concerning education for sustainable development, this article discusses the theoretical foundations of that education. It also presents the concrete avenues offered to students of the Haute école pédagogique (HEP) of Fribourg, responsible for the training of future primary school teachers in this township. An important role in the...
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