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    Does integrated approach to ESD affect critical thinking on sustainable development?
    (New Delhi Publishers, 2016) Padmanabhan, Jubilee
    The concept of Sustainable Development (SD) has been of great significance during the last couple of decades due to the exploitation of nature and natural resources in a drastic way. ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) emerged with an immediate urge to preserve and conserve our nature and natural resources for the future generations to come. The concept of ESD aims for a society that attains sustainability by merging the dimensions of environmental, economical, social and political dimensions. The paper discusses about the effect of an integrated approach to ESD on the students’ critical thinking on SD. A curriculum was developed by integrating SD concepts into science and social science of VII standard of NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) syllabus of India with various learning activities for their transaction by incorporating several pedagogical strategies that lead to constructing knowledge, keeping in mind the social perspectives or the context of students. The study was of quasi experimental in nature wherein a control and an experimental group were employed. A non equivalent control group design was used whereby the integrated curriculum was taught to the experimental group for about five months and the control group was exposed to the conventional curriculum and methodology during the same period of time. It was found that the experimental group taught by the integrated approach to ESD had a higher mean score on critical thinking test compared to the control group. On the basis of the findings, it was concluded to highlight the importance of integration of SD components in various disciplines at all levels.
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    Integrated approach to ESD towards enhancing Knowledge on sustainable development
    (Scientific Publishing House, 2016) Padmanabhan, Jubilee; Singh, Shireesh Pal
    Sustainable Development (SD) is one the most discussed issue now days, which is gaining priority day by day due to the exploitation of nature in a drastic way. It is from this apprehension that ‘Education for sustainable development’ (ESD) emerged with an immediate urge to preserve and conserve our nature and natural resources. The concept of ESD entangles the different countries and states across the world as a whole for a sustainable society, which merges the environment, economic and social dimensions. The paper discusses about the effect of integrated approach to education for sustainable development on the students’ knowledge on sustainable development. The investigator developed a curriculum by integrating SD concepts into science and social science of VII standard of NCERT syllabus and various learning activities for their transaction by incorporating several pedagogical strategies that lead to constructing knowledge, developing social perspectives and analytical abilities.The study was of quasi experimental in nature with two group pre-test- post-test design, whereby the integrated curriculum was taught to the experimental group for about five months and the control group was exposed to the conventional curriculum and methodology. It was found that there was a significant difference on the knowledge on sustainable development between experimental and control group. The experimental group had a higher mean knowledge score than the control group.On the basis of the findings from the study, it is concluded that there is a sheer need to highlight the importance of integration of SD components in pedagogy at all levels.