RESPECT FOR RESOURCES OR TOWARDS A NEW PARADIGM IN EDUCATION IN ROMANIA
RESPECT FOR RESOURCES OR TOWARDS A NEW PARADIGM IN EDUCATION IN ROMANIA

Summary/Abstract: In a world dominated, on the one hand, by the polysemantism of the notion of crisis, and on the other, by the irrational consumption of resources, in the frantic rush for material well-being, the introduction in some schools in Romania and the Republic of Moldova of the optional course Respect for resources aims to break new ground in the awareness of the role of sustainable development, both for current and future generations. From one year to the next, the propagation, among young people, of the 17 objectives of sustainable development (OSDs), will, in the long term, have a major influence in the transformation of mentalities at society level, going, this time, from the educable to the other age groups (adults and the elderly, respectively). The present study aims to highlight, in a critical but constructive manner, the steps followed in the establishment of this new integrated discipline, the specific competencies and operational objectives, the organization of the contents and their relevance, the growing impact on school communities in our country and the perspectives of implementation at school unit level in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. The success of the project depends, to an overwhelming extent, on the teacher’s awareness and knowledge to convince the decision-making factors of the school of the need to integrate such an optional course in the School Decision Curriculum or in the Local Development Curriculum, both at secondary school and at high school level.

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