Tran Trung
Biography
Tran Trung is the Director of the Vietnam Academy for Ethnic Minorities, Hanoi, Vietnam, and a Professor at the VNU University of Education, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam. Professor Tran Trung has published many articles in prestigious international journals in WoS, Scopus, and monograph editors of international publishers (SpringerNature, Taylor & Francis, DeGruyter). The main research areas of Professor Tran Trung are ethnic education, educational management, public policy, and teaching methods. Besides, Professor Tran Trung also participates in interdisciplinary research between education and mathematics, computer science, economics and technology, and the development of scientific research skills.
Green Culture refers to a collective organizational attitude, behavior, and commitment to protecting and sustaining the environment. It is a lifestyle that values environmental protection and sustainability in business. It’s a set of beliefs and attitudes centered on conserving natural resources and the environment. The green movement encourages people to think about how their choices affect their planet negatively or positively. The culture has different versions worldwide, such as environmentalism, eco-culture, ecological consciousness, naturalism, or agro-ecology.
Education in the context of green transformation. Transitioning to a more ‘green’ and environmentally sustainable economy requires education and training systems to support the overall process. The role of vocational education in enabling the transition as part of the European Green Deal, the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and country targets of net-zero carbon emissions, A ‘green’ mindset impacts the educational institution and the wider community and carries on to the workplace. “Young students find it interesting to look at a new profession with sustainable glasses on,” she added.
Adapting curriculum to include green skills may be challenging, conceded Stanley, with schools not always having complete freedom to innovate. However, ways of improving the existing curriculum can be explored, particularly with the emergence of new occupations.
The Greening Education Partnership is structured around four key pillars of transformative education: Greening schools, Greening curriculum, Greening teacher training and education systems’ capacities, and Greening communities.
