Meyer, Jorin (2023) Assessment on Education for Sustainable Development: Developing scales to measure students' perceived competencies, perceived curriculum, and intentions as practitioners and investigating its interrelations. Master thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) has the potential to transform societies towards sustainability through education. The curriculum, ESD-related competencies, and the intention of future practitioners to apply these competencies are impactful components of ESD-related interventions in Higher Education. However, there is a lack of strong instruments to evaluate the implementation of these ESD-related aspects. Thus, I present the systematic development and validation of new ESD-related scales that cover the Perceived Curriculum (8 items), the Perceived Competencies (8 items), and the intention to apply these competencies, i.e., Intention as Practitioner (8 items). Based on extensive validation, the scale quality was evaluated as high, i.e., as reliable, and valid (N = 232). As a first application, these ESD scales are used to assess the interrelations of Perceived Curriculum, Perceived Competence, and Intention as Practitioner. As hypothesized the Perceived Curriculum was positively related to the Perceived Competence and to the Intention as Practitioner. Other than expected the Perceived Competence was not positively related to the Intention as Practitioner, thus Perceived Competence did not indicate to mediate the relation of Perceived Curriculum and Intention as Practitioner. For future use, the scale can evaluate the implementation of ESD into curricula and investigate influencing factors of competencies and the intention to apply them. Additionally, the scale can be used as a process indicator of ESD and to compare study programs and universities. Overall, the study presents a strong tool to measure Higher ESD and to evaluate its implementation. Keywords: Education for Sustainable Development, Scale Development, Self-assessment, Key Competencies
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Muinos Trujillo, G. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | Environmental Psychology (EP) [Master Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Oct 2023 08:49 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2023 08:49 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2916 |
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