Ziele einer Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung in Schule und Hochschule: Auf dem Weg zu empirisch überprüfbaren Kompetenzen

Wie gelangen wir zu empirisch überprüfbaren Kompetenzen in der Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung (BNE)? Mit einem Rahmenmodell, das fächerübergreifende und -spezifische Nachhaltigkeitskompetenzen in der schulischen und universitären BNE erfasst, möchten wir vor allem zur Messbarkeit von BNE-Zielen beitragen.The recommended learning objectives in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) have, for the most part, not been operationalized until now. Furthermore, connections to results of empirical educational research are often lacking. However, this is necessary in order to evaluate the provisions of fostering ESD. Taking concepts of empirical educational research into account, we suggest a frame-model for the structuring of relevant competencies. This model distinguishes between a basic and an elaborated level of sustainability competencies. On each level, differentiations are made between cognitive, affective-motivational and behavioural aspects. In the context of German secondary school learning, the focus is on inter- and cross-disciplinary competencies and a basic level of more domain-specific competencies. In university contexts, a level of elaborated sustainability compentencies including highly domain-specific as well as inter- and transdisciplinary competencies are relevant. The proposed framemodel of competencies relevant in ESD will be helpful in the structuring of existing concepts and operationalizations, to connect these competencies to other existing research, and to identify domains where operationalization is still lacking.