The ideal model of the environmental education curriculum based on sustainable development indicators in the first middle school, with a functional approach

 The World Commission on Environment and Development considers sustainable development to meet the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. This development has three important dimensions: human, environment and future, and the realization of human development precedes development in economic dimensions. Honke and his colleagues believe that the best way to reduce environmental problems is to educate people. The aim of the present study was to investigate the optimal model of the environmental education curriculum based on sustainable development indicators in the first secondary school and of a descriptive-survey type.

The current research is practical and has been done using a mixed exploratory method. In the research, a combination of qualitative and quantitative tools, and in its exploratory type, qualitative data were used to build a quantitative scale. In this regard, a qualitative method, in-depth interviews with experts, and a quantitative (descriptive-survey) method were used to collect data from environmental experts for qualitative content analysis. In the current research, the data obtained from the qualitative content analysis of the interviews were used to create a questionnaire. Participants in the qualitative section are experts in environmental issues. The quantitative population of this research was education workers of Hormozgan province. Semi-structured questionnaire, the results of the post-test questions, which were given to 10 experts, were calculated and categorized using descriptive-survey statistics. Finally, 24 categories with a central code were identified.

The highest identified code was related to the integration of teaching and the lowest index was related to the extra-organizational index. Finally, the connection between environmental education curriculum and sustainable development with an implementation approach was designed as a schematic model.