3. Dealing with Uncertainty in a Transformative Education for Sustainability

Transformative education for sustainability aims to engage students with environmental issues and concerns in a way that enables them to actively shape the future in terms of a social-ecological transformation. But which solutions and which individual and political actions are appropriate and “sustainable” in areas such as mobility, nutrition, energy supply, urban planning, etc.? In this regard, factual and ethical controversies as well as multifaceted uncertainties exist in science, politics, and society. In the sense of an emancipatory education the one “right” way of individual, collective, and political action can therefore rarely be taught. This educational challenge leads to a different question: How can students be empowered to deal with these uncertainties and to contribute to shaping an ecologically and socially just future? This article aims to answer this question with reference to pedagogical and didactical theory and thus identify guidelines to foster transformative learning in educational contexts.