Studding of individual competencies and sustainability education requirements of Faculty Members of Agricultural and natural resources colleges in Alborz Province

Faculty members are considered to be the most valuable and vital assets of each university in the education system that can help the university to move towards a sustainable society and achieve it. For this purpose, the present study examined the individual competencies and sustainability education requirements of faculty members of Agriculture and Natural Resources. This study was conducted with an exploratory approach based on survey technique and a stratified proportional allocation techniques was used to collect data among 146 members of Alborz province's Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources and using questionnaire research tool. The findings of the research indicate that in order to properly develop teaching activities in educational centers about sustainability education having sufficient knowledge and better educational materials were identified as important factors in teaching and in order to reinforce education as a core function, practical experiences need to increase knowledge, experience and more information in sustainability education. In addition, in order to promote individual competence among faculty members, increased freedom and autonomy to achieve desirable results in the field of sustainability education were identified as important priorities.