Abstract
Design Education for Sustainability has the potential to accelerate and encourage education that contributes to the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. (1) Arguably the potential of Design Education for Sustainability remains underutilized in Ireland’s second level education system. (2) This article reports on findings conducted as part of a research project which examines Education for Sustainable Development in Irish secondary school Design Education subjects. The research draws on data gathered through critical ethnographic interviews with teachers in practice. (3) The findings explored in this article are the barriers faced by educators in relation to the further integration of Education for Sustainable Development in Ireland’s Design Education subjects. These findings offer a unique insight into the realities of educators in progressing towards Design Education for Sustainability. (4) In identifying the challenges, this article offers a starting point to tackle the barriers associated with integrating sustainability in Design Education within the Irish second level education system. (5) The article concludes by identifying how these barriers can be tackled head on in order to progressively integrate Education for Sustainable Development in Design Education subjects.
Highlights
Design Education for Sustainability has a significant role to play in progressively moving towards a sustainable future
Assessment is a main driver in terms of what they teach
The potential of Design Education for Sustainability remains predominately underutilized in second level education systems
Summary
Design Education for Sustainability has a significant role to play in progressively moving towards a sustainable future. The risk of exceeding planetary boundaries has become a major concern for the security of our Earth Systems, which provide a safe operating space for humanity [1,2,3,4]. The importance of this planetary boundaries framework is evident in the development of policies such as the ‘EU Green Deal’, which aims to make Europe carbon neutral by 2050 and gives clear recognition that operating within a planetary boundaries framework is key for a more sustainable planet [5]. It is evident that research in the area of Design Education and Education for Sustainable Development should be concerned with progressing towards a sustainable future within a planetary boundaries framing
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