Engaging youth in the local environment: Promoting sustainability action competence in Danish high school teaching through citizen social science.

Autor/inn/en	Winther, Cathrine M. S.; Søgaard Jørgensen, Michael
Titel	Engaging youth in the local environment: Promoting sustainability action competence in Danish high school teaching through citizen social science.
Quelle	In: International journal of action research, 19 (2023) 3, S. 238-260 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1861-9916
DOI	10.3224/ijar.v19i3.07
URN	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-109532-1
Schlagwörter	Kompetenz; Handlungsorientierung; Bürgerschaftliches Engagement; Nachhaltigkeit; Jugendlicher; Dänemark
Abstract	Many young individuals experience a sense of disconnection from their immediate environment, which adversely affects their engagement in civic activities. This article outlines experiences with a sustainability actionable approach in a Danish high school, and how it influenced young people's understanding of the local environment. The study entails a threemonth collaboration with a teacher and 17 high school students in Copenhagen who were being trained as citizen social scientists. They investigated and proposed youth-friendly sustainable changes in the neighbourhood, which enhanced their sustainability action competence. The article discusses how an action-oriented framework may inspire high school teachers to incorporate citizen social science in planning education for sustainable development that supports youth civic engagement.
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2026/3