STUDENTS’ HABITS THAT AFFECT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The change in lifestyle, the way of treating nature, the way of utilizing natural resources, equality in society, quality education, etc., are some of the goals of sustainable development according to the UNESCO Agenda (2018). This paper, based on the UNESCO agenda, has gathered data on students' habits that correspond to the sustainable development agenda. The instrument used to collect the data was an online questionnaire completed by 332 final-year high school students. The collected data were processed with the help of SPSS, whereupon we managed to confirm the hypotheses: Equal treatment of people from different cultural backgrounds correlates with equal respect for men, women, boys, and girls (ρ=0.616, p=0.000). Support for groups preserving the environment correlates with respect for all people regardless of age and gender (ρ=0.503, p=0.000). Behavior to maintain the cleanliness of public spaces correlates with providing help to poor people (ρ=0.491, p=0.000). The habit of not wasting water correlates with the habit of recycling (ρ=0.453, p=0.000). The obtained results show that students are aware that sustainable development implies social development, which will use resources to meet their own needs without endangering the living environment. From this, we ascertain that it is necessary to make efforts for a greater presence of content from this field in school curricula, as well as the continuous professional development of teachers to strengthen their competencies in this field.