The concept of "sustainable development" in the curriculum regulation of Secondary Education in Spain

Abstract

This article discusses the treatment of the concept "sustainable development" within the basic rules governing the curriculum of Secondary Education in Spain. The aspects in discussion are: what are the concepts related to sustainability which appear in the regulations, and how often do they appear; in which courses and subjects of this school stage, as well as in which curriculum elements are they present; and finally, the approach sponsored from the regulatory body. The methodology used was the lexical and content analysis of: on the one hand, the main decree regulating compulsory secondary education in Spain; the Royal Decree 1631/2006 establishing the core curriculum for compulsory secondary education; and on the other hand, the regulating decrees for compulsory secondary education in the Autonomous Communities of the Balearic Islands (Decree 73/2008) and Madrid (Decree 23/2007).