Sustainable Development Education Panel
Supporting Sustainable Development through Educational Resources:
A Voluntary Code of Practice
Sustainable development - producer's statement
Title of resource
SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES: A VOLUNTARY
CODE OF PRACTICE
Summary/contents
A voluntary Code of Practice aimed at raising standards in the development
and production of educational resources produced to support sustainable
development. Contents include:
- background and rationale to the code;
- information on recent developments in relation to sustainable development
and education;
- discussion of issues including bias and the validity of education for
sustainable development;
- status and application of the code;
- ten principles of good practice and guidance on achieving them;
- glossary and references.
Target audience and intended usage
Aimed at producers, authors and sponsors of educational resources, not
only in the voluntary sector but also commercial and industrial producers,
to guide the production of resources in ways that support sustainable
development.
Author/developer
Council for Environmental Education (CEE) in consultation with CEE's membership
and under the guidance of an expert Working Group, under contract to Department
of the Environment, Transport and the Regions. CEE is an independent national
organisation, a registered charity, set up to influence policy and promote
good practice in environmental education and education for sustainable
development.
How developed/trialled
A consultation document was sent to 400 organisations and individuals.
Over 70 responses were received and analysed. The results of the analysis
are contained in a report submitted to the Department of the Environment,
Transport and the Regions. Focus groups of teachers in Lincolnshire and
Staffordshire were held to gain practical feedback on users' needs and
these were used to inform the code and the most appropriate ways of supporting
users of resources.
Publisher/sponsor
Published and funded by the Department of the Environment, Transport and
the Regions.
Identification of need
Developed as result of research carried out for CEE by Loughborough University,
the work of a CEE resources working group, discussions at a conference
in 1995, followed by a feasibility study and general consensus and discussion
in the field.
Materials/processes used in production
Printed on 80 gsm recycled paper containing at least 80% recycled material
using low impact de-inking processes; printed in the UK using biofriendly
inks by Natural Print (?). Ten page A4 document; print run ?
Date of production/publication and other details
September 1998 ISBN etc. Printed in Reading (?)
Page published 21 April
1999;
Page last modified
6 February, 2006