In the context of the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development, going from 2005 to 2014, conceptions of Biology teachers about sustainable development and practices that promote this goal were identified. Most responses showed a protectionist and conservationist view of sustainable development. Most respondents reported practices concerning sustainable development, such as recycling or saving water and energy, and connected these practices with public policies, both global and local. Neverthless, educational practices were among the least quoted as concerning sustainable development. The needs for developing educational activities focusing on environmental sustainability, in articulation with social and economic development, is discussed as a means to reorient science education towards sustainable development, and hence, promoting it in the pedagogical practice.
Sustainable development; Environmental sustainability; Science education; Initial teacher education.
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