Teachers’ Professional Development for Transformation and Sustainable Development

Professional development (TPD) of teachers is critical in change and promotion of sustainable practices in higher education. As problems like climate change, digital advancement and social injustice are increasingly on the agenda, universities should equip teachers to fit their teaching and institutional practices to sustainability and innovativeness. In this paper, TPD is established as a factor of transformative learning and sustainable development. It uses the theory of transformative learning and the Sustainable Development Goals to elaborate how professional development assists educators to facilitate sustainability-oriented teaching, research, and community management. It concludes by offering a model that connects TPD with institutional change and sustainability of education over a long period of time.