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Kompetence s področja trajnostnega razvoja v družboslovnih učnih pripravah

with students’ experiences and the local environment. In this way, they pre-
pare students for responsible action in society, based on an understanding of
the long-term consequences of social and environmental decisions. In a study
involving fourth-year students of the Primary Education study programme at
one of the Slovenian pedagogical faculties, it was identified which compe-
tences related to sustainable development students in teachers’ roles included
in their learning objectives during school presentations as part of the Didac-
tics of Social Studies course, and to what extent students experienced diffi-
culties in formulating learning objectives in the field of sustainable develop-
ment.Aqualitativeanalysisof59socialstudiesteachingmaterialsshowedthat,
in lessons on the environment and society, students included various compe-
tencesfromthefieldofsustainabledevelopmentintotheirlearningobjectives,
most frequently systems thinking and action/strategic competence, but only
very rarely self-reflection and anticipatory competence. Students had consid-
erable difficulty in formulating the objectives, as a quarter of the operational
learning objectives formulated by the students were written inappropriately,
which resulted in significant additional work for educators.
Keywords: sustainable development competences, social studies, lesson plans,
learning objectives, primary education students

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