Education for sustainability: Perception of teachers and practices in urban primary schools of Mysore

Sustainable development requires a change in the way people think and act. Even though many educational methods are available, sustaining sustainability in the classroom and school campus is still a challenge. Stakeholders such as school administration, teachers, students, parents and community have key roles to initiate and maintain sustainability. The presented study is qualitative in nature to explore and understand teachers’ perception and opinion on various educational strategies and methods practiced by them. Teachers of private primary school of Mysore were the respondents of the study. Teachers were interviewed using a structured interview schedule. It has covered various approaches of education imparted by teachers and views of teachers on promotion of students’ skills and execution of project based learning. The study found inappropriate understanding of sustainability concept among the teachers. The execution, facilitation and assessment strategies of project based activities in schools were not linked to sustainability concept properly.