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QUESTIONS
checklist
measures taken by governments to implement
e.g. is there a public awareness component in
relevant national documents that address ESD?
activities/public money/publicly supported
research
Indicators must be
input
e.g. in what subjects are SD themesintegrated?

• relevant
• easy to understand
• representative

information on the results e.g. performance of
trained teachers
output
e.g. are there quality criteria for ESD-related
teaching materials?
outcome
qualitative aspects in terms of values,
attitudes, local culture etc.
e.g. do educational institutions/organizations
participate in international networks?
MEASURABLE
INDICATORS FOR ESD
instead of numerous
Less INDICATORS
Guidelines in the classroom
Quality Criteria e.g.
Critical thinking and the language of
possibility
Cooperative and experiential learning
systemic view
Value clarification and development
Appreciate and confrontdiversity and to look
at this as opportunities for broadening options
for change
holistic perspective
Teacher
Action perspective
adequate scope
ESD will be implemented in the classroom!
Dieter Gross
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References
Quality Criteria for ESD-Schools Guidelines to
enhance the quality of Education for Sustainable
Development May 2005, ISBN 3-85031-048-5 Authors
Breiting, Søren Mayer, Michela Mogensen,
Finn Editor Austrian Federal Ministry of
Education, Science and Culture, Dept. V/11c,
Environmental Education Affairs Funded by the
European Commission in the frame of the
EU-COMENIUS 3 network School Development through
Environmental Education (SEED) Projectnumber
100530-CP1-2002-1-AT-COMENIUS-C3 In collaboration
with the international network Environment and
School Initiatives (ENSI)
ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE COMMITTEE ON
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY UNECE Steering Committee on
Education for Sustainable Development CEP/AC.13/20
05/9 First meeting Geneva, 13 to14 December
2005 INDICATORS FOR EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT progress report on the work of the
Expert Group, chaired by Mr. Roel van Raaij (the
Netherlands).
Gross, Dieter (1997) A Curriculum Based on the
Principle of Sustainable Development 4th European
Congress for Environmental Education, AUDES
Association of University Departments of
Environmental Sciences in Europe
Multidisciplinarity and International
Co-operation in Environmental Education, Chambéry

http//www.desd.sustain-future.org/chambery.pdf