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Purpose
In education concerning environmental issues, there are two predominant currents in the world, environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD). ESD is the formal commitment and therefore promoted by the United Nations, to ensure that countries achieve sustainable development. In contrast, EE was the first educational trend with an environmental protection approach. The purpose of this systematic review that seeks to show whether the migration from EE to ESD is being effective and welcomed by researchers and especially by universities is presented. With the above, a global panorama can be provided, where the regions that choose each model can be identified. In the same sense, it was sought to determine which of the two currents is more accepted within engineering education.


Design/methodology/approach
The review followed the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyzes parameters for systematic reviews. In total, 198 papers indexed in Scopus, Science Direct, ERIC and Scielo were analyzed. With the results, the advancement of ESD and the state of the EE by regions in the world were identified.


Findings
It was possible to categorize the geographical regions that host either of the two EE or ESD currents. It is important to note that ESD has gained more strength from the decade of ESD proposed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. For its part, EE has greater historical roots in some regions of the planet. In turn, there is evidence of a limited number of publications on the design and revision of study plans in engineering.


Originality/value
Through this systematic literature review, the regions of the world that are clinging to EE and those that have taken the path of ESD could be distinguished. Moreover, specific cases in engineering where ESD has been involved were noted.

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Intro -- Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Education Is an Art, Not a Science -- Part 1: How Education Fails to Promote a Just and Compassionate Society -- Chapter 1: The Importance of Empathy in Teaching and Learning -- Chapter 2: The Necessity of Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in a Democracy -- Chapter 3: Did Our Schools Turn Baby Boomers into Conservatives? -- Chapter 4: Looking for School Improvement in All the Wrong Places -- Chapter 5: The Two "A's" of Education: "Amnesia" and "Adultery" -- Part 2: How We Got Where We Are Today -- Chapter 6: The Transformation of Education after World War II -- Chapter 7: "A Nation at Risk:" Our Education Race with Japan -- Chapter 8: The Rise of Testing and Competition in Schools -- Chapter 9: Presumptuous School Names, Bragging Contests, and Enhanced Tracking -- Chapter 10: Gifted Education: A New Money Making Industry -- Chapter 11: Schools Run According to Republican Values -- Part 3: Teaching Compassion and Social Justice in Our Schools -- Chapter 12: Toward an Educational System that Promotes a Just Society -- Chapter 13: The News School: A Model for Teaching Active Citizenship -- Chapter 14: Wrapping it Up -- Notes.

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