1. Knowledge contributions from different school subjects to cross-curricular didactics for Bildung and sustainability
- Author
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Sjöström, Jesper, Economou, Catarina, Edström, Ann-Mari, Ekberg, Jan-Eric, Svensson Källberg, Petra, Larneby, Marie, Liljefors Persson, Bodil, Ryan, Ulrika, Schubert, Per, Wangen, Björn, Örbring, David, Sjöström, Jesper, Economou, Catarina, Edström, Ann-Mari, Ekberg, Jan-Eric, Svensson Källberg, Petra, Larneby, Marie, Liljefors Persson, Bodil, Ryan, Ulrika, Schubert, Per, Wangen, Björn, and Örbring, David
- Abstract
In the context of humanistic Bildung-centred Didaktik, the educational potential of different school subjects is emphasized. But how can different school subjects collectively contribute to the ‘cultivation-of-human-powers’ and Bildung with a focus on sustainability? In this article, seven different school subjects are compared. Eleven teacher educators from Malmö University, Sweden, have written scholarly about the roles of their respective school subjects for Bildung and sustainability. Drawing from the texts related to the seven school subjects – geography, mathematics, physical education and health, religious education, science for citizenship, Swedish as a second language, and visual arts – a comparative analysis was conducted. The primary focus was to understand the unique characteristics of each school subject, explore their epistemic differences, and discern their potential roles in fostering cross-curricular didactics for Bildung and sustainability. It is shown that the different school subjects collectively provide complementary contributions to contemporary Bildung and climate change literacy.
- Published
- 2024