Implementation of education for sustainable development strategy in mathematics education through stakeholder cooperation

Anna Vintere
2018 New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences  
The author has identified different stakeholder cooperation opportunities to implement the strategy for education for sustainable development (ESD) in mathematics education. Particular attention should be paid to mathematics education. Measurement for the implementation of the ESD strategy in mathematics education at Latvia University of Agriculture made by four input indicators as determined by the objectives of the UNECE Strategy for ESD are promoting sustainable development through formal,
more » ... n-formal and informal education, equipping educators with the competence to include ESD in their teaching, and teaching tools and materials and research on ESD. The measures have been described based on the experience in different cooperation networks: Baltic Network in AGROMETRICS, Latvia-Lithuania cross-border network for adapting mathematical competences for socio-economic development (MATNET) and cross-border network for raising competencies in data analysis technologies (LV-LT-BY DATA ANALYSIS), as well as in cooperation with study programme directors, professional associations, employers and authorities. Keywords: Sustainable development, education for sustainable development, mathematics education, competencies, stakeholder cooperation.
doi:10.18844/prosoc.v4i9.3047 fatcat:43whj67xw5hkxjbwk2lmjtq4mm