We conducted a nation-wide survey of Danish science teacher students specializing in science subjects, in order to investigate their knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy on central aspects of education for sustainable development. Our study finds, in accordance with previous publications, a high degree of positive attitude towards the importance of teaching sustainability, and a significant positive correlation between self-efficacy and self-assessed knowledge about the topics in the survey. However, in our study both self-efficacy and self-assessed knowledge correlate negatively with actual knowledge, indicating that some of our participants are subject to an overinflated self-assessment while others may underestimate their proficiency within the topics. In cognitive psychology, this phenomenon is known as the Dunning-Kruger effect, and we discuss its implications for how best to ensure quality in education for sustainable development in our schools.

Kritisk literacy har de siste årene blitt mer sentralt både i forskningen og i skolens praksis, i likhet med nært beslektede begreper som kritisk tenking, kritisk lesing og kritisk skriving. Hvordan vi snakker om kritisk literacy er noe forskjellig i de ulike fagene. Både verdenssituasjonen og den gjennomgripende digitaliseringen av de nordiske samfunnene har aktualisert behovet for en kritisk tilnærming, og det har vært ulike drivkrefter for at kritisk literacy har blitt satt på dagsorden i de nordiske skolesystemene i de senere år. Den fornyede forskningsinteressen for kritisk tilnærming gjenspeiles i praksisfeltet og i lærerutdanningene, ikke minst gjennom de rammene for undervisning som læreplaner og forskrifter gir. Denne introduksjonsartikkelen til temanummeret om kritisk literacy i skolens fag klargjør hva en kritisk tilnærming kan innebære innenfor ulike fagtradisjoner. I tema­nummerets 12 artikler ses kritisk literacy i sammenheng både med fagenes egne uttrykk og det samfunnet og med de kulturene som fagene kan gi en kritisk tilnærming til, mens her ser vi nærmere på literacy-begrepets utvikling og på hvordan kritisk literacy har vært forstått, først i språkfagene og så i naturfagene og samfunnsfagene. Vi velger kritisk tilnærming som det overordnede begrepet, og som i ulike fag og situasjoner kan innebære både lesing og skriving, kritisk tenking eller andre praksiser. Dette temanummeret belyser fagspesifikk literacy, og i denne introduksjonsartikkelen ser vi på fagbegrepenes røtter og på hva som forener og hva som skiller de ulike fagenes perspektiver fra hverandre.

The object of this article is to generate the theoretical and methodological foundation in order for researchers and educators to be able to evaluate teaching, which is inspired by Inquiry Based Science Education. Science teaching in subsequent developmental projects can be evaluated as to its ability to enhance the science competencies of the pupils. The foundation consists of the integration of the characteristics of IBSE-inspired teaching with learning outcomes in terms of science competence and its four sub-competencies: investigative competence, representative competence, modeling competence and perspective competence. The theory and method will be tested and evaluated in an upcoming developmental project in four University Colleges in Denmark, where there will be developmental as well as research focus on the integration of the two perspectives, a methodological – IBSE – and a goal-oriented – science competence. The complexity of the developmental project must be reflected by a complexity of the research process, wherefore this article presents and discusses a three dimensional evaluation model in order for the researcher to be able to investigate relations between IBSE-inspired teaching and learning outcomes in terms of science competencies.Results from the subsequent research process are expected to highlight the links between a teaching method and learning outcomes and give answers to critical questions about the goals of IBSE-inspired teaching, and also give answers about the relevance of a matrix described competence model for science teaching practice.

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