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This paper presents the results of a research framed in the strategy of Conferencia de Rectores de Universidades Españolas (CRUE. Conference of Chancellors of Spanish Universities) towards the Education for Sustainable Development, Target 4.7 from UN 2030 Agenda. It focuses on the Master’s degree in Compulsory Secondary Education and Baccalaureate, Vocational Training and Language Education Teacher Training taught at National University of Distance Education (UNED); with two main objectives: (a) to know students’ literacy level in matters of sustainability (Sustainability literacy): (b) to know how university teachers perceive their teaching practice in substantial issues of the approach to education for sustainable development. In this empiric study the data have been collected through two questionnaires, one applied to the students, one applied to the university teachers. The results show, on one side, the insufficient literacy of students about the challenges of the current socio-ecological crisis; and on the other side, the teacher’s low awareness of their role as agents of educational change for sustainability, although they declare to use usual teaching methodologies of this type of education. It is confirmed the need for institutional strategies to strengthen the training of both groups, students and teachers, in the competencies that sustainable development demands.
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The authors would like to thank the financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness. This work is part of the Project entitled: “(Re) orienting teaching practice towards Sustainability: virtual and face-to-face environments for training Secondary Ed. Teachers” (EDU2015-66591-R).
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Coronado-Marín, A., Bautista-Cerro, M.J., Murga-Menoyo, M.A. (2020). Students and University Teachers Facing the Curricular Change for Sustainability. Reporting in Sustainability Literacy and Teaching Methodologies at UNED. In: Leal Filho, W., Borges de Brito, P., Frankenberger, F. (eds) International Business, Trade and Institutional Sustainability. World Sustainability Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26759-9_60
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