Becoming Self-Aware—How Do Self-Awareness and Transformative Learning Fit in the Sustainability Competency Discourse?

An ever-growing number of scholars are developing and applying competency frameworks in the context sustainability education. Despite strong interest, most research has ignored varying meanings competency, which can be interpreted as a performed ability, but also personality development. UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific, Cultural Organization) recently suggested self-awareness to central competency. However, discourse is lacking thorough analysis how if development related dispositions considered competencies, they taught higher education, potentially transformative experiences resulting from such teaching considered. This article aims at deep understanding concept its interpretations. We have reviewed roots analyzed current interpretations explored connect learning. In addition, we give tangible examples art based creative practices design examined defined it connects The addressed two perspectives: awareness oneself one’s relation others wider society. Based on our research, becoming self-aware process that nourishes additionally understand internal growth instead only performable ability. needs when their applications