1. Theoretical reflections about
education for sustainable
development concept :
Cultural and territorial dimensions
as social innovations
Angela BARTHES, Caroline LADAGE, Agnieska JEZIORSKI, Pierre
CHAMPOLLION, Alain LEGARDEZ, Jean-Luc FAUGUET, Yves ALPE
par Jean-Luc FAUGUET - Sociologue –
IUFM Université de Provence

2. Introduction
• CAENTI European project (6th Framework Programme for Research,
Technological Development and Demonstration Activities of the European
Union)
• Long term analysis of rural and urban schools (national and international
researches)
• Long term collaborations between researchers and teachers in various fields
(IUFM)
Multidisciplinary research team (sociology, geography, educational sciences,
economy….
Various experiences in multidisciplinary international researches about
education
2009-2012
• ANR (National Research Agency) project. “Education for Sustainable Development:
Opportunities and Challenges”
• America Latina and South Europa research about rural schools

3. new-LIFE
• What are the cultural and educational developments
which will promote the support of citizens and
territories on the path to a successful socio-ecological
transition?
• The educational dimension of territorial intelligence
as a tool for sustainable development
– To question several types of territoriality (rural, mountain,
urban, etc.) and educational areas (related to school or not)
to characterize the educational practices of territorial
intelligence
– To assess the impact of those territorialities on education for
sustainable development, as well as on the eco-citizen
identity construction.

4. Research methodology
GIS and Data base knowledge, as performed in geographic science,
and processed in self governing territorial intelligence
Sociological surveys (quantitative and qualitatives data)
To associate geographical, sociological and educational sciences
expertise
Respectively: rural areas, urban territories, territorial
practices, social representations of sustainable
development, ESD practices (didactical aspects and
appropriate jobs).

5. Objectives related with different methodology (1)
• Set the issue in its territorial context
– Inventory of the educational practices related to territorial
intelligence
– DD and ESD practices in rural areas, urban areas and jobs
adaptation
– Harmonization of European Catalyse observatories (Diachronic
analysis of classical geography dealing with interactions between
local and world scales, thus to the critical rural geography
mainstream)
• Results are expected in the fields of
– Rural sustainable development specificities
– Adaptation of ESD to rural and urban areas
– Consequences of a socio ecological transition in terms of "adapted"
jobs.
• The appraisal will be based on already mastered techniques (GIS, data
processing, sociological investigation tools) linked to territorial
intelligence tools (catalyse tools, website)

6. Objectives related with different methodology (2)
 Elucidating social representation of sustainable development in the vocational
training process and school process(students and trainers, pupils and
teachers)
 Case work analysis about educational practice s around ESD in the same
processes
 Dealing with the issue from the international point of view, include the
cultural background factor analysis of the ESD, including European (French,
German, Polish), Australian, Asian, African, Latin America and North
American comparisons.

7. Conclusion

8. New ways for
knowledges appropriation systems
Nouveaux savoirs
Nouveaux modes d’accès aux savoirs
Evolution du statut des acteurs (qualifie les acteurs
sans disqualifier les chercheurs)

9. Territorial consequences
Evolution des représentations du territoire
Recomposition (ou densification ou revitalisation)
des liens sociaux (réseaux..)
Mise en œuvre de stratégies de développement
durable

10. The researcher job
Changement de regards sur les acteurs et la
construction des savoirs sociologiques,
géographiques, économiques…
Pris en compte du territoire comme producteur de
données (et non comme simple terrain d’enquête)