Education for Sustainable Development and Social Responsibility in Education. A historical view from the perspective of the individual

Abstract

Education is a right that has been consolidated throughout the 20th century and is part of the international agenda during the 21st century. During this period, initiatives have arisen in the field of education that focus on the individual and on the importance of access to education for the dignity of the individual. Education for sustainable development is part of the educational process itself, involved in and co-responsible for the development processes of human beings. From the point of view of the Social Responsibility of Education itself, the person is at the centre of the process as the main actor in the educational process. It is the axis on which both the action of learning and teaching is based and which, at the same time, assumes and derives all the actions of the process. The article presented here takes an in-depth look at the most relevant elements of educational social responsibility, in its link with education in values and education for sustainable development. From a historical perspective, the text focuses on the person and investigates the guidelines of socially responsible education and its repercussions on the process of personal development and on the generation of a sustainable education committed to the values of its time.