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JONAED

JOURNAL OF NIGERIAN ACADEMY OF EDUCATION

ISSN: 2278-095X

DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SCALE BY NIGERIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Oguguo, Basil C. E. PhD

Education is one of the key elements of human asset. It is also one of the principal sources of increased economic growth, development and enhanced welfare of an individual and a household in the process of economic transformation. Education is a life-long process for the betterment of human well-being. There is a growing interest in quantitative research that measures competences, attitudes and beliefs in Education for Sustainable Development, and researchers have considered several issues that are involved in the construction of these assessment tools (Schneller, Johnson, and Bogner, 2015). Education was considered to be a core discipline for disseminating sustainable development principles, and increased attention was dedicated to Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) (Cotton, 2007).