Called the competence of the 21st century, creativity is one of the key competencies for sustainable development. There is no fixed path to achieve sustainability and it is subject to human creativity. However, integrated development of both is surely an under-researched topic. Creative thinking and creative problem solving should be a necessary and significant component of modern sustainable education. Students must learn to associate creativity with sustainability. Helping them understand sustainability by exposing them to the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and designing new creations that honor the planetary boundaries is crucial. The paper focuses on developing creativity by Polish teachers who work with adolescents. The assumption was that creativity can be developed using certain didactic methods and forms. The objective of the study was to explore and to describe which didactic methods and forms teachers use to shape the competence of creativity in students. The teachers took part in a survey and were asked what methods and forms they use to develop creativity in their students. The sample consisted of 337 teachers from the Małopolska region. The results of the analyses show that teachers use only a few of the methods recommended to facilitate creativity, which may lead to a low level of this competence among the students. They also use the most common didactic forms, which may not support the development of creativity competences. Moreover, the research results show that there are several factors, such as the teacher’s seniority and the location of the school, which determine the choice of individual teaching methods.

Properly planned and effectively implemented education provides an opportunity to change human behavior, which in turn may lead to an improved quality of life worldwide, including by means of realizing a cleaner environment. This article presents the results of research on the integration of environmental protection issues into curricula by Polish teachers. It was assumed that the environmental protection issues included the challenges related to the sustainable management of natural resources. The sample consisted of 337 teachers of general subjects who were employed in schools in the Małopolska region (southern Poland) and working with students in lower-secondary (13–16 years old) and upper-secondary (16–20 years old) schools. The results of the research show that many teachers know how to integrate environmental protection issues into their curricula. However, there are still many teachers who ignore key issues in the education of sustainable development in their teaching process.

It seems that the need to change the existing lifestyle of contemporary societies has never been more urgent. According to experts, the optimal model of sustainable development assumes that change can occur if the global society obtains and develops competencies defined as key to sustainable development. These competencies include anticipatory thinking, which allows us to envisage the results of our decisions and actions from multiple perspectives. Anticipatory thinking is extremely important at many levels in the context of sustainable management, including human resource management, economic management, environmental management, and natural resource management. This paper attempts to answer the question about the level of anticipatory thinking declared by Polish students living in rural and urban areas. This study was conducted among 877 students aged 13–20 years from the Małopolska region (southern Poland). A correlational research design was adopted, in which the method used was a survey, and the technique was a self-assessment test. We investigated which selected sociodemographic characteristics of the teenage respondents were related to a high, moderate, or low level of anticipatory thinking. Girls showed a lower level of anticipatory thinking, whereas age and education level were not significantly correlated with the level of this competence.

Modern media, to a large extent, create the social, economic and environmental reality. They may become a support for the teachers who implement the assumptions of education for sustainable development in their teaching–learning process. The authors of the present text focused on the problem of using media in teaching by Polish teachers at the 3rd and 4th grade educational level. The main research enquiry was concerning media Polish teachers use to support sustainable development among students. As the results show, Polish teachers are not prepared enough to use the media to promote sustainable development.

Zdolność do reagowania empatią jest jednym z kluczowych elementów rozwoju społeczno-emocjonalnego, determinującym m.in. zachowanie jednostki wobec innych oraz jakość budowanych relacji. Wraz ze wzrostem różnorodności społecznej wzrasta potrzeba, aby dzieci, już od najmłodszych lat, chcąc zrozumieć postępowanie rówieśników i dorosłych różniących się od nich samych pod różnymi względami, potrafiły „wczuć się” w ich sytuację. Celem artykułu jest ukazanie znaczenia procesu i sposobów kształtowania empatii u dzieci. Artykuł rozpoczyna się od krótkiego wyjaśnienia teoretycznego konstruktu empatii oraz nakreślenia jej normatywnego rozwoju we wczesnym i średnim dzieciństwie. Przedstawia wnioski z badań wskazujących na związki zdolności do reagowania empatią z wieloma obszarami funkcjonowania społeczno-emocjonalnego dziecka. Omawia także czynniki środowiskowe, związane głównie z funkcjonowaniem dzieci w ramach grupy rówieśniczej i w relacji z nauczycielem, sprzyjające rozwijaniu empatii. Ukazane sposoby komunikacji, proponowane zabawy czy też elementy treningów, które na podstawie przeglądu literatury omówiono w tekście, mogą posłużyć jako źródło informacji dla praktyków zainteresowanych rozwijaniem empatii u dzieci. Środowisko przedszkolne i szkolne może odegrać kluczową rolę m.in. w wyłaniającej się prospołeczności dziecka, rozwoju jego moralnego rozumowania, budowaniu satysfakcjonujących relacji rówieśniczych i zapobieganiu agresywnym zachowaniom.