VALIDATION OF THE TOOL FOR MEASURING ESD AND PREPAREDNESS OF PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS’ AS SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP

Abstract

The study was focused on developing and validating instrument on several aspects of education for sustainable development in teacher education of Pakistan and its role in making prospective teachers more sustainable. For this purpose, quantitative ex-post facto research focusing exploratory survey was adopted. The quantitative data was collected from 3 public and 3 private universities containing 732 prospective teachers with specially designed questionnaire in the light of literature review. The instrument contained 34-item with 5 major factors The instrument was validated and proposed a fit model for future implementation in another educational context. Five major factors were extracted validated, and model fit with diagram, all education for sustainable development practices were significantly correlated with each other. It was recommended to use this validated instrument for more heterogeneous populations.