Sustainability Education in STEM Curricula of the German Education System

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFutureproofing Engineering Education for Global Responsibility - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2024
EditorsMichael E. Auer, Tiia Rüütmann
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages529-541
Number of pages13
ISBN (electronic)978-3-031-83520-9
ISBN (print)9783031835193
Publication statusPublished - 20 Mar 2025
Event27th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2024 - Tallinn, Estonia
Duration: 24 Sept 202427 Sept 2024

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume1281 LNNS
ISSN (Print)2367-3370
ISSN (electronic)2367-3389

Abstract

Education for sustainable development must be a fixed, interdisciplinary component of school education and established as a fundamental cornerstone for a sustainable society. The decentralized control of the German education system by curricula of the 16 individual federal states, coupled with the separation of general and vocational education, presents a challenge to the creation of an integrated overview of the integration of the topic of sustainability in the individual curricula. This paper presents the first overview of the integration of education for sustainable development, focusing on individual curricula as examples. Firstly, the German education system and the associated structure of the curricula are considered. The approach used to analyze the curricular requirements is then described, and the initial results are presented. The paper provides a framework for further research and at the same time presents the authors’ initial results.

Keywords

    Education for Sustainable Development, STEM Curricula, Sustainability, Vocational Didactics

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Sustainability Education in STEM Curricula of the German Education System. / Jambor, Thomas N.; Haack, Matthias.
Futureproofing Engineering Education for Global Responsibility - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2024. ed. / Michael E. Auer; Tiia Rüütmann. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. p. 529-541 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 1281 LNNS).

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Jambor, TN & Haack, M 2025, Sustainability Education in STEM Curricula of the German Education System. in ME Auer & T Rüütmann (eds), Futureproofing Engineering Education for Global Responsibility - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2024. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol. 1281 LNNS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 529-541, 27th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2024, Tallinn, Estonia, 24 Sept 2024. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-83520-9_49
Jambor, T. N., & Haack, M. (2025). Sustainability Education in STEM Curricula of the German Education System. In M. E. Auer, & T. Rüütmann (Eds.), Futureproofing Engineering Education for Global Responsibility - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2024 (pp. 529-541). (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; Vol. 1281 LNNS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-83520-9_49
Jambor TN, Haack M. Sustainability Education in STEM Curricula of the German Education System. In Auer ME, Rüütmann T, editors, Futureproofing Engineering Education for Global Responsibility - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2024. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2025. p. 529-541. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-83520-9_49
Jambor, Thomas N. ; Haack, Matthias. / Sustainability Education in STEM Curricula of the German Education System. Futureproofing Engineering Education for Global Responsibility - Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning, ICL 2024. editor / Michael E. Auer ; Tiia Rüütmann. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. pp. 529-541 (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems).
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