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Embedding Sustainability in STEM Disciplines: Perspectives and Possibilities From an Approach to the Spanish Curriculum

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT The crucial role of education in the transformation towards more sustainable and equitable societies has been increasingly recognised over the last two decades. In Spain, the integration of Sustainability into the national curriculum has been changing over time, acquiring more weight in the latest education law. This research has analysed a total of 247 curricular units of Spanish educational legislation and of STEM disciplines in Compulsory Secondary Education and Baccalaureate, to deepen the knowledge of the opportunities offered by these disciplines to address Sustainability. The results show how there is coherence between the competences required in STEM subjects and those set out in the European reference document GreenComp, highlighting the attention paid to the area related to embodying sustainability values, but detecting shortcomings in the area related to foreseeing sustainable futures. Therefore, recommendations for promoting these competences in classroom practice are included.

Source: European Journal of Education

DOI: 10.1111/ejed.70318

Authors: José Luis del Río‐Rodríguez, María Calero Llinares

Institutions: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Tecnología Química, Universitat Politècnica de València, Universitat de València

Language: English

Topic: Environmental and sustainability education

Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,350