Politisk handlingskompetanse for berekraftig utvikling

Abstract

An important question is what to teach concerning how students may influence and contribute to a sustainable future. At the Nordic level we have several important contributions that elaborate on this. The research question for this theoretical article is to what extent these contributions define an action competence that may facilitate and help students to engage politically for a sustainable future. Such competence includes taking a stand in policy issues and an ability to work politically for preferred policies. The literature is more concerned with taking a stand on policy issues than on working politically, but also the policy assessment part is problematic because it is not sufficiently related to the political system and how policies are developed. In the article, core Nordic contributions are discussed and some possible developments of the sustainability didactics are suggested, in order to make it more politically relevant.