Building bridges across disciplines for transformative education and a sustainable future

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We face ongoing challenges in transforming our world for a sustainable future, impacting all areas of learning and science. This book explores these challenges through contributions from various countries. Key issues discussed include the definition of transformative education and its distinction from education for sustainability. It examines available curricula and pedagogies for initiating transformative education and their documented effects. The text delves into research on factors that facilitate or hinder the implementation of transformative education aimed at sustainability. It also investigates the attitudes, motivation, and pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) of educators regarding sustainability and transformative learning. Additionally, the book addresses how science teacher training is conducted for transformative education and what is known about developing teachers' competencies to effectively apply these practices in classrooms and beyond. It presents research-based strategies for integrating transformative practices into science teaching and interdisciplinary approaches, while considering the implications of the interdisciplinary nature of sustainability issues for educational practices. Finally, it discusses the potential role of the informal and non-formal educational sectors in supporting transformative education.