Green and Digital Pedagogies. A Mapping Exercise on CPD Programmes in Teacher Education

The current European policies in teacher education address two key-aspects nowadays: sustainability and digital innovation. Sustainability in education goes beyond environmental content and shapes the values, behaviours, and systems for a just and equitable future. Modern teacher education must go beyond basic ICT use and should equip teachers with digital pedagogical competence. An overview of EU Policy Landscape on the above-mentioned issues enhances that green skills, climate literacy, and environmental awareness need to be developed across all levels of education and that digital education should be strengthen by fostering a high-performing digital education ecosystem and enhancing digital skills and competences. Even dough environmental sustainability and digital transformation are approached separately, they can mutually reinforce each other. Our analysis shows how teacher education can contribute to empowering both eco-conscious and digitally skilled citizens. The integrated practices create powerful opportunities for transformative education, that respond to complex societal challenges (e.g., climate change, digitalization, inclusion), promote active engagement and critical thinking, and prepare students for intercultural and sustainable citizenship. Therefore, we conducted a mapping exercise to perform an audit of continuing education programs promoting lifelong learning opportunities in the green and digital areas. Our findings show that EU-Supported CPD Programmes provide a wide range of structured professional learning opportunities for teachers, especially those focusing on innovation, inclusion, and sustainability. Besides, we focused on Romanian national context and listed the challenges and opportunities regarding green and digital competences.