On Integrating Mathematics Education and Sustainability in Teacher Training: Why, to What End and How?

Abstract

This chapter presents a line of research which examines the integration of mathematics education and sustainable development in teacher training with the aim of enabling both pre-service and in-service teachers to gain the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills in order to contribute towards building a more inclusive, sustainable and resilient future for people and the planet. First of all, via an approach which promotes sustainable development in university education as a key strategy for the transformation of policies, investment and practice in the field of education, a description is provided of the main challenges in advancing towards the integration of sustainable development in teacher training in the field of mathematics and the elements of a profile of a mathematics teacher in who is connection with sustainable development. Secondly, sustainable development is integrated into the Model of Mathematical Literacy in Childhood with the aim of offering guidelines to teachers so that they can plan and carry out mathematics teaching practices in connection with sustainable development and, in this way, play their part as agents of social change.KeywordsMathematics educationSustainable developmentConnectionsTeacher trainingTeaching practices