If we are to understand and address today’s social, environmental and economic crises through education, we must introduce education for sustainable development (ESD) into classrooms and approach it from an integrated perspective. In so doing, this study aims to provide an overview of the current status of the still-emerging research agenda on the integration of ESD into mathematical education and statistical education. To this end, we conducted a systematic review of Scopus and Web of Science databases of theoretical and research articles published between 2010 and May 2023. In total, 32 studies were identified, conducted mostly in Europe, followed by South America, which mainly address teacher training. The results suggest that mathematics education and statistics education are an effective means of providing education focused on ESD, but that teachers still have limited knowledge and resistant attitudes. Therefore, initial and ongoing training must move towards characterizing proposals that provide examples and involve teachers in response to this challenge.

Based on the Stochastic Education Approach to Sustainability Education, the statistical and probability tasks for sustainability education in a collection of primary school mathematics textbooks in Chile (6–14 years old) were analyzed. A content analysis was carried out based on four categories: contexts for sustainability, levels of articulation, cognitive demand, and authenticity. The results show that: (1) there is a low presence of contexts for sustainability; (2) the tasks are not articulated to develop any of the Sustainable Development Goals; (3) there is a clear predominance of memorization tasks; (4) the teaching of statistics and probability in textbooks is not aligned with Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). These results are the roadmap for a new educational approach that allows the design of statistical and probability tasks to educate for sustainability in Primary Education. This new approach should promote that, through the progressive development of statistical and probabilistic literacy, students understand the different problems (social, economic and environmental) that we are faced with, as well as the measures that must be adopted to transform and act for a more sustainable world.

The growing use of technology for mathematics in higher education opens new pedagogical and technological challenges for teachers. The objective of this study was to analyze the teaching approaches and technology-related pedagogical competencies of 29 mathematics teachers (15 females and 14 males) from nine European countries. After conducting semi-structured interviews, the Approaches to Teaching Inventory (ATI-16) and the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework survey were applied. The results show large individual variations in teaching approaches, technological competencies, and institutional support. One-third of teachers apply a more student-centered approach, one-third a more teacher-centered approach, and one-third a mixed approach. Educating and supporting teachers in embracing educational technologies thus needs to be tailored strongly to individual needs and the available institutional support resources and infrastructure.

Curricula are usually pointed out as one of the factors that delimit teacher’s knowledge. In this context, this study analyzes the requirements for teacher’s knowledge that can be found in the curricular guidelines of Mathematics Education in the three Latin American countries belonging to the OECD to educate in sustainability. For this, a content analysis has been carried out that examines the meaning given to the teaching and learning of mathematics that would allow the development of key sustainability competences. The results show a teaching-learning process of mathematics that is not very aligned with education for sustainable development, with a low presence of key competences for sustainability. These results represent a roadmap, both for teacher training institutions and for providing a new educational approach that allows Mathematical Education to contribute to educating in sustainability in Primary Education. This new approach should promote students’ understanding of the different problems (social, economic, and environmental) that we are faced with, as well as the measures that must be adopted to transform and act towards a more sustainable world.

La UNESCO reta al profesorado a desarrollar una Educación para el Desarrollo Sostenible con la que los ciudadanos adopten estilos de vida sostenible en las dimensiones económica, social y medioambiental. En este trabajo presentamos el análisis de varias propuestas de aprendizaje estadístico diseñadas por futuros maestros de Chile y España que promueven objetivo de desarrollo sostenible. Tras el análisis determinamos la necesidad de generar modelos de tareas estadísticas que promuevan la Educación para el Desarrollo Sostenible, con una alta demanda cognitiva y que a la vez sean auténticas. De igual manera, se evidencia la necesidad de generar acciones formativas para el profesorado en activo y en formación, que permitan orientar la enseñanza de la estadística a través de proyectos enfocados en contextos realistas; pues consideramos que la triada: educación estadística, formación del profesorado, y educación para el desarrollo sostenible, es parte fundamental para acceder a formar ciudadanos de sostenibilidad en el contexto escolar.

Las crisis recientes hacen más necesario que nunca centrarnos en la formación del profesorado hacia el desarrollo de las competencias en sostenibilidad. En este trabajo se analiza el impacto que provoca en el diseño de propuestas de aula de una formación matemática que fomenta el diseño de tareas matemáticas y tareas en sostenibilidad, orientada a la Educación para el Desarrollo Sostenible. Se analizarán cinco competencias en sostenibilidad mediante una rúbrica de evaluación. En general, se observó una mejora en el nivel de logro de todas las competencias en sostenibilidad analizadas después de recibir la formación. Además, la rúbrica es una herramienta que no sólo señala el nivel de logro alcanzado en cada competencia en sostenibilidad, sino que permite conocer qué aspectos de la competencia es necesario integrar en la propuesta para así lograr su nivel Avanzado, en conexión con el conocimiento matemático.