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<p>The article investigates sustainable development from the holistic perspective, taking into account the complex nature of the world and the dynamism of the socio-economic systems. The study is interdisciplinary, as it addresses the issues of economics, mathematics and physics with the main focus on the modern perspective of sustainable development offered in the field of education. The article focuses on key questions concerning the expansion of the educational processes and deepening of ideas and knowledge about the dynamism and diversity of the planetary system. The holistic approach implies the interaction of various nonlinear features that have been used in the paper to build a mental model and a causal relationship schema. The understanding of the interaction of energy flows in socio-economic systems has been used by the authors to explain the underlying connection of various processes. The authors of the article propose a systemic dynamic model of sustainability, which can open up an understanding of some of the reasons for changes in the potential of the industrial sector. Modeling results have been obtained and interpreted using historical USA statistical data from 1949 to 2019. In the article, the authors reveal the relationship between nature, society and human from the point of view of promising and methodological approaches of the “new” and “old” world. The diversity of experiences makes it possible to question the dominant approaches of traditional teaching in education. This creates the need to look for new foundations that can promote the development of more sustainable learning for the future.</p>
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The article investigates sustainable development from the holistic perspective, taking into account the complex nature of the world and the dynamism of the socio-economic systems. The study is interdisciplinary, as it addresses the issues of economics, mathematics and physics with the main focus on the modern perspective of sustainable development offered in the field of education. The article focuses on key questions concerning the expansion of the educational processes and deepening of ideas and knowledge about the dynamism and diversity of the planetary system. The holistic approach implies the interaction of various nonlinear features that have been used in the paper to build a mental model and a causal relationship schema. The understanding of the interaction of energy flows in socio-economic systems has been used by the authors to explain the underlying connection of various processes. The authors of the article propose a systemic dynamic model of sustainability, which can open up an understanding of some of the reasons for changes in the potential of the industrial sector. Modeling results have been obtained and interpreted using historical USA statistical data from 1949 to 2019. In the article, the authors reveal the relationship between nature, society and human from the point of view of promising and methodological approaches of the “new” and “old” world. The diversity of experiences makes it possible to question the dominant approaches of traditional teaching in education. This creates the need to look for new foundations that can promote the development of more sustainable learning for the future.

Nonlinear Natural Scientific Thinking and Ecological Consciousness for Sustainability

Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies

Ventspils University of Applied Sciences Ventspils

Department of Natural Science and Computer Technologies

Journal of Teacher Education for Sustainability

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The article investigates sustainable development from the holistic perspective, taking into account the complex nature of the world and the dynamism of the...

Nonlinear Natural Scientific Thinking and Ecological Consciousness for Sustainability

Published Online: Feb 22, 2024

Page range: 165 - 186

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2023-0022

Keywords
Dynamic system, education for sustainable development, linear and non- linear development, power

© 2023 Inese Trusina et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Nonlinear Natural Scientific Thinking and Ecological Consciousness for Sustainability

Published Online: Feb 22, 2024

Page range: 165 - 186

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jtes-2023-0022

KeywordsDynamic system, education for sustainable development, linear and non- linear development, power

© 2023 Inese Trusina et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Dynamic system, education for sustainable development, linear and non- linear development, power