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Sustaina­bi­lity needs educated citizens for respon­sible action and trans­for­ma­tion of the present society. The project Promo­ting Relevant Educa­tion in Science for Sustaina­bi­lity (PRESS) invests in the capacity of HEIs to better educate teachers for educa­tion for sustainable develo­p­ment (ESD). The aim of the project is to install courses for teacher educa­tion in science with a focus on promo­ting ESD. Courses will be developed and imple­mented to allow partners to streng­then science teacher educa­tion with a focus on ESD. Respon­sible action in society needs parti­ci­pa­tion skills which are (in our contem­po­rary society) insepa­rably bound to self-deter­mined coverage of media. For ESD, critical scien­tific media literacy and commu­ni­ca­tion skills with societal stake­hol­ders are suggested as important goals in educa­tion, in general and in science educa­tion in parti­cular. That is why the PRESS courses on ESD will include a special focus on critical scien­tific media educa­tion and science commu­ni­ca­tion skills to the wider public, both concer­ning tradi­tional as well as digital/social media. Courses will also include training teachers for integra­ting school science learning with partners from businesses (SMEs/industry) and the wider public in small educa­tional projects in connec­tion to the non-formal educa­tional arena.

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