Creating sustainable communities and a fairer world

Indicator to be developed

It has not been possible to find a simple way of measuring progress on education for sustainable development.

Research in 2008 indicated that evidence of sustainable development could be inferred from changes in three areas: Policy – reviewing and re-orienting education policies, Programme and Practice – integration, leadership and building personal and social capacity, Personal and Social – developing understanding and skills.
For each, evidence will be sought on:

Policy: Government departments responsible for education, training and the environment, and those guided by education policy (e.g. Ofsted, exam boards and Local authorities)
Programme and practice: Individual universities, colleges, schools and third sector bodies providing training.
Personal and social change: Individual universities, colleges, schools and third sector bodies providing training through a range of approaches including inspections, research and evaluation studies, alongside data gathered from ongoing attitudinal surveys.

This third category of evidence, particularly any survey evidence of attitudinal change or levels of knowledge, will be most relevant and presented here when data are available.

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Updated: 30 July 2009

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