EXPLORING THE PERCEPTION AND PRACTICES OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION

F. Kosimova

doi:10.5281/zenodo.6751555

F. Kosimova

Abstract. Education for sustainable development (ESD) is one of the branches of sustainable development which is aimed at empowering imminent generations to tackle current environmental issues, however, it is confronting some challenges since there are some problems related to perception and practice of the notion “sustainable development”. The current work is dedicated to detecting how Uzbek and American teachers perceive the notion and whether they have tried to put it into practice or not. The materials were used questionnaire among Uzbek teachers and interned sources related to American teachers. The research is based on a descriptive method which analyzes sources and juxtapose the perception and practice of this notion.

Keywords: education for sustainable development (ESD), perception, practice, Uzbek teachers, American teachers.

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