Implementation of education for sustainable development and pupils’ sustainability consciousness in Adiwiyata School and ESD-based school

Abstract

Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) is important to be developed in Indonesia to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The lack of identification in implementing ESD lead to the lack of a representation of ESD in Indonesia. This research aims to identify and to analyze the ESD implementation models that are applied in Adiwiyata school and ESD-based school in Indonesia and how the pupils’ Sustainable Consciousness are. Respondents involved in this studies are 27 pupils from both schools. Observation, interview and SC Likert-scale questionnaire with 51 statements were used as the instruments. The questionnaire consisted of environmental, social, and economic dimensions that considered pupils’ knowingness, attitude and behaviour. The results show that the ESD implementation model that refers to Burmeister & Eilks (2012) conducted by Adiwiyata and ESD schools consisted of 2 models. Model 2 with Adding Sustainable Science as Content in the Science and Technology Curriculum and model 4 with Science Education as a Part of ESD-Driven School Development. The pupils’ SC in the environmental dimensions of pupils in Adiwiyata schools have significant different with ESD-based schools. But, for the results of the pupils’ SC in the Economic and Social dimension have no significant different.