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Pre-Service Teachers’ Willingness to Address Sustainability Awareness in Teaching Foreign Languages in Romania
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Introduction: Various policy actions emphasize an urgent need to develop a shared vision for equipping teachers and learners with the knowledge and skills to embed sustainability in their teaching.
Research Aim: This research aims to discuss pre-service teachers’ willingness to include in their teaching of English and French environmental issues with the purpose of developing learners’ sustainability awareness. Given the responsibility that educators have towards future generations of learners, a change in attitude and behaviour is needed concerning the environment we live in. As in Romania, the current status of environmental literacy is at an incipient level, this paper sets out to investigate would-be English and French language teachers' readiness to assume the role of agents of change.
Research Method: The study included 80 participants, and a survey was used as a research instrument. Data collected were analysed qualitatively and quantitatively through descriptive statistics using Google Forms' built-in tools, Jamovi 2.6.26, and Voyant Tools for content analysis.
Results: The main findings refer to the fact that even if pre-service teachers are willing to address sustainability in their teaching, their level of preparedness should be improved.
Conclusion: The potential for pre-service language teachers to become active agents of sustainable development is evident. Still, this potential must be guided by curriculum innovation, professional development, and increased exposure to interdisciplinary resources.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/lrp.2025.44.2.241-259
Date of publication: 2025-06-26 23:47:15
Date of submission: 2025-04-29 15:19:33
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