Social Values and Their Relationship to Teachers' Awareness of Sustainable Development Standards

Abstract

This study investigates the level of social values and their relationship to awareness of sustainable development standards among teachers. The sample of the study includes 391 male and female teachers who were randomly chosen from schools in Irbid Governorate. Two study tools were employed to collect data, namely, the social values scale which consists of 8 items distributed on six domains (responsibility, environmental, citizenship, tolerance, work, and justice values), and the sustainable development principles scale which consists of 3 items distributed on three domains (social, environmental, and economic). The results of the study showed that the level of social values was high on the scale and in all domains, as follows: environmental, citizenship, tolerance, responsibility, and work, respectively, except justice values, which came at an average level. Furthermore, the level of awareness of the criteria of sustainable development combined in its three domains was high, as follows: environmental, social, and economic, respectively. Also, the results showed that there was a statistically positive significant relationship at (? = 0.01) between the sample's estimates on the scale of social values and their estimates on the scale of sustainable development. The study recommends including social values and sustainable development standards in curricula and study plans for students, and in teacher preparation programs.

Received: 16 October 2022 / Accepted: 26 December 2022 / Published: 5 January 2023