A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ON EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA // BSU bulletin. Education. Personality. Society. - 2023. №4. . - С. 17-21.

A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF RESEARCH ON EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN CHINA

DOI: 10.18101/2307-3330-2023-4-17-21 UDK: 371.2

The article presents the overview of research on the concept of "education for sustainable development" implemented in the People's Republic of China within the frame- work of the state strategy for modernization. The author analyzes the reasons for the use of the concepts of "environmental education" (1980s-1990s) and "education for sustainable development" (2000s) in the Chinese scientific community during different periods. It is suggested that the actualization of research on this topic and putting the concept of "educa- tion for sustainable development" into circulation are determined by external factors, pri- marily the holding of large-scale international conferences on sustainable development un- der aegis of the UN at the turn of the century. The ideas laid down in the concept of sustain- able development to some extent coincided with the goals of China's development in the early 21st century, which faced the need to solve accumulated environmental problems. The article also analyzes the problems of implementing education for sustainable development that the Chinese scientific community currently faces.

China, sustainable development, education system, education for sustainable de- velopment, state policy, environmental education.