An Essay on the Integration of the Presidential Sustainable Development Goals into Education Programmes

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 3 Sayı: 1, 1 - 40, 07.06.2024

Ahmet Çoşkun

Öz

This paper focuses on SDG 4 "Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all" (SDG 4), one of the Presidential Sustainable Development Goals. It addresses main topics such as promoting inclusion and equity in education, supporting early childhood development and developing technical skills. The paper introduces detailed and comprehensive weekly lesson plans designed to achieve these goals and proposes a 45-hour training programme to be conducted by Başakşehir District Directorate of National Education. The aim of the programme is to enable teachers to implement educational strategies that support sustainable development in the field through these lessons. The paper also emphasises the relationship between education and economic development and provides examples of how education supports the principles of sustainable development. In this context, the effects of increasing quality and equity in education on economic development are analysed and the challenges and solutions encountered in this process are discussed.

Anahtar Kelimeler

sustainable development, quality education

Cumhurbaşkanlığı Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Amaçları’nın Eğitim Programlarına Entegrasyonu Üzerine Bir Deneme

Öz

Bu makale, Cumhurbaşkanlığı Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Amaçları'ndan "Kapsayıcı ve Hakkaniyete Dayanan Nitelikli Eğitimi Sağlamak ve Herkes İçin Yaşam Boyu Öğrenim Fırsatlarını Teşvik Etmek" (SKA 4) üzerine odaklanmaktadır. Eğitimde kapsayıcılık ve eşitliği geliştirme, erken çocukluk gelişimini destekleme ve teknik becerilerin geliştirilmesi gibi ana başlıkları ele alır. Makale, bu hedeflere ulaşmak için tasarlanmış detaylı ve kapsamlı haftalık ders planlarını tanıtmakta ve Başakşehir İlçe Milli Eğitim Müdürlüğü tarafından yürütülecek 45 saatlik bir eğitim programını önermektedir. Programın amacı, öğretmenlere yönelik olarak bu dersler aracılığıyla sürdürülebilir kalkınmayı destekleyen eğitim stratejilerini sahada uygulamalarını sağlamaktır. Makalede ayrıca, eğitim ve ekonomik kalkınma arasındaki ilişki üzerinde durulmakta ve eğitimin sürdürülebilir kalkınma ilkelerini nasıl desteklediğine dair örnekler sunulmaktadır. Bu bağlamda, eğitimde kalite ve eşitliğin artırılmasının ekonomik kalkınma üzerindeki etkileri analiz edilmekte ve bu süreçte karşılaşılan zorluklar ve çözüm yolları tartışılmaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

sürdürülebilir kalkınma, kaliteli eğitim, ekonomik kalkınma

Kaynakça

• Acemoglu, D., & Robinson, J. (2012). Why nations fail: The origins of power, prosperity, and poverty.NewYork: Crown.
• Basiago, A. D. (1999). Economic, social, and environmental sustainability in development theory and urban planning practice: The environmentalist. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
• Ben-Eli, M. (2015) Sustainability: Definition and five core principles a new framework the sustainability laboratory New York, [e-mail] |www.sustainabilitylabs.
• Benaim, C. A., & Raftis, L. (2008). The Social Dimension of Sustainable Development: Guidance and Application: Thesis submitted for completion of Master of Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Karlskrona, Sweden
• Brodhag, C., & Taliere, S. (2006). Sustainable development strategies: Tools for policy coherence. Natural Resources Forum, 30, 136–145. doi:10.1111/narf.2006.30.issue-2
• Brown, A. H., & Green, T. D. (2015). The essentials of instructional design: Connecting fundamental principles with process and practice. New York, NY: Routledge.
• Daly, H. E. (1992). U.N. conferences on environment and development: retrospect on Stockholm and prospects for Rio. Ecological Economics : the Journal of the International Society for Ecological Economics, 5, 9–14. doi:10.1016/0921-8009(92)90018-N
• DESA-UN. (2018, April 4). The Sustainable Development Goals Report 2017. https://undesa.maps. arcgis.com/ apps/MapSeries/index.html
• Du Pisani, J. A. (2006). Sustainable development – historical roots of the concept. Environmental Evers, B. A. (2018) Why adopt the Sustainable Development Goals? The case of multinationals in the Colombian coffee and extractive sector: Master Thesis Erasmus University Rotterdam
• Farazmand, A. (2016). Global encyclopedia of public administration, public policy, and governance. Amsterdam: Springer International Publishing.
• Goodland, R., & Daly, H. (1996). Environmental sustainability: Universal and non-negotiable: Ecological applications, 6(4), 1002–1017. Wiley.
• Gossling-Goidsmiths, J. (2018). Sustainable development goals and uncertainty visualization. Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation of the University of Twente in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Cartography.
• Hák, T., Janoušková, S., & Moldan, B. (2016). Sustainable development goals: A need for relevant indicators. Ecological Indicators, 60(1), 565–573. doi:10.1016/j. ecolind.2015.08.003
• Hussain, F., Chaudhry, M. N., & Batool, S. A. (2014). Assessment of key parameters in municipal solid waste management: a prerequisite for sustainability. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 21(6), 519–525. doi:10.1080/ 13504509.2014.971452
• İbn-î Haldun. (2023). Mukaddime. İstanbul: Dergah Yayınları.
• Knowles, M. S. (1984). Andragogy in Action. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Kumar, S., Raizada, A., & Biswas, H. (2014). Prioritising development planning in the Indian semi- arid Deccan using sustainable livelihood security index approach. International Journal of Sustainable Development & World Ecology, 21, 4. Taylor and Francis Group. doi:10.1080/135 04509.2014.886309.
• Mensah, J., & Enu-Kwesi, F. (2018). Implication of environmental sanitation management in the catchment area of Benya Lagoon, Ghana. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences. doi:10.1080/ 1943815x.2018.1554591
• Meriç, C. (2004). Bu Ülke. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları.
• Miller, R. (2021). Innovative Pedagogical Approaches in Higher Education. Journal of Modern Education Review, 11(2), 117-125. Milne, M. J., & Gray, R. (2013). W(h)ither ecology? The triple bottom line, the global reporting initiative, and corporate sustainability reporting. Journal of Business Ethics, 118(1), 13–29. Peet, R. (1999). Theories of development. New York: Guilford Press.
• Reyes, G. E. (2001). Four main theories of development: modernization, dependency, word- system, and globalization. Nómadas. Revista Crítica de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas, 4(2), 109–124. University of Pittsburgh, USA.
• Saith, A. (2006). From universal values to millennium development goals: Lost in translation. Development and Change, 37(6), 1167–1199. doi:10.1111/j.1467-7660.2006.00518.x Sciences, 3(2), 83–96. doi:10.1080/15693430600688831
• Scopelliti, M., Molinario, E., Bonaiuto, F., Bonnes, M., Cicero, L., De Dominicis, S., & Bonaiuto, M. (2018). What makes you a “hero” for nature? Sociopsychologicalprofiling of leaders committed to natüre and biodiversity protection across seven; EU countries. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 61, 970–993. doi:10.1080/09640568.2017.1421526
• Sen. (1999). Development as freedom. New York: Anchor Books, Random House, Inc.
• Smith, L., & Johnson, B. (2019). Active Learning Strategies in Higher Education. Teaching and Teacher Education, 48, 44-57
• Stoddart, H., Schneeberger, K., Dodds, F., Shaw, A., Bottero, M., Cornforth, J., & White, R. (2011). A pocket guide to sustainable development governance. Stakeholder Forum 2011.
• Thomas, C. F. (2015). Naturalizing Sustainability Discourse: Paradigm, Practices and Pedagogy of Thoreau, Leopold, Carson and Wilson: Ph.D Thesis: Arizona State University
• Tipps, D. (1976). Modenization theory and the comparative study of societies: A critical perspective (pp. 65–77). New York: Free Press.
• Tjarve, B., & Zemīte, I. (2016). The Role of Cultural Activities in Community Development. Acta
• Todaro, M. P., & Smith, S. C. (2006). Economic development (8th ed.). Reading: Addison- Wesley.
• Topçu, N. (1998). Türkiye’nin Maarif Davası, İstanbul: Dergah Yayınları
• TYMM: Millî Eğitim Bakanlığı. (2024). Türkiye Yüzyılı Maarif Modeli. Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 64 (6), 2151–2160. doi:10.11118/ actaun201664062151
• UNSD. (2018a). Open SDG data hub. Retrieved from https://unstatsundesa.opendata.arcgis.com/
• UNSD. (2018b). SDG indicators global database. Retrieved from https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/ indicators/database/
• UNSD. (2018c). SDG indicators metadata repository.Retrieved fromhttps://unstats.un.org/sdgs/ metadata/
• World Bank. (2017). Atlas of sustainable development goals 2017. World Development Indicators, doi:10.1596/978-1-4648-10.