The Sustainable Development Goals and the 2030 Agenda in Initial Teacher Training

Abstract

This paper shows the results of the Teaching Innovation Project "Inclusion of Sustainable Development Goals in the school curriculum" (UV-SFPI_PID-1356260) funded by the University of Valencia has been developed in the academic year 2020-2021 in the degrees of Early Childhood Education and Primary Education, as well as a bachelor’s degree in Pedagogy and a Master's Degree in Secondary Education. The main objective pursued with this Teaching Innovation Project is to publicize and promote the SDGs, for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda in the transition to Sustainability in the initial and permanent training of teachers. For the development of the Teaching Innovation Project, a series of workshops and innovative training activities aimed at students was designed and developed in 3 phases in which the topics of the 2030 Agenda, the SDGs, and sustainability were addressed. The qualitative analysis of the intervention proposals of the students shows an awareness of the importance of the SDGs. In addition, they reflect the levels of understanding and applicability of the curriculum that were raised in the workshops: project work, expression of the SDG through local urban activities, ecological activities, interdepartmental work, and collective and feminist action.