“The challenge is probably just to understand what it is...” Constructing sustainable development as a wicked problem in an educational context.
(2023) SMMM40 20231Department of Service Studies
- Abstract
- Purpose: investigate in which ways sustainable development in Swedish schools is constructed as a wicked problem.
Research Question: How is sustainable development constructed as a wicked problem in Swedish educational contexts?
Methodology: A qualitative study approach was implemented where 20 semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. The data analysis followed the process of sorting, reduction, and argumentation in order to identify common themes.
Results: The results of this study shows how sustainable development is constructed as a wicked problem in education due to several problems. UNESCO, the vague definition of sustainable development, and the flexibility within the Swedish curriculum are all contributing to how... (More) - Purpose: investigate in which ways sustainable development in Swedish schools is constructed as a wicked problem.
Research Question: How is sustainable development constructed as a wicked problem in Swedish educational contexts?
Methodology: A qualitative study approach was implemented where 20 semi-structured interviews were used for data collection. The data analysis followed the process of sorting, reduction, and argumentation in order to identify common themes.
Results: The results of this study shows how sustainable development is constructed as a wicked problem in education due to several problems. UNESCO, the vague definition of sustainable development, and the flexibility within the Swedish curriculum are all contributing to how it is constructed as a wicked problem in education. Nevertheless, the results show that while the construction of sustainable development as a wicked problem creates challenges due to its complexity, it also brings opportunities of freedom and flexibility. (Less)
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- author
- Andrén, Tess and Stubb, Rebecka
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SMMM40 20231
- year
- 2023
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Wicked problems, Education for Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development, Governance, Teachers
- language
- English
- id
- 9126723
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- 2023-06-19 11:05:34
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