What Kind of Actions are Appropriate? Eco-School Teachers' and Instructors' Ranking of Sustainability- Promoting Actions as Content in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)

Based on the consideration that learning about different action alternatives and strategies are essential
parts of ESD, this quantitative study focuses Eco-School teachers’ and instructors’ views on including
different sustainability-promoting actions in teaching practices. Direct actions, and actions that take place
in the private sphere were viewed by both groups as the most appropriate actions to include in teaching
practices. However, actions related to individuals as consumers were seen as less appropriate by
teachers than by instructors, and consequently have been less included in teaching practices. The actions
considered least appropriate by both groups were two indirect actions occurring in the public sphere
aiming at solutions on a structural level, engaging with political parties and engaging with NGOs. The
results highlight teaching that addresses the individual’s moral responsibility in the private sphere, and
that different action strategies for the democratic change of social structures tend to be excluded.