Social representations of sustainable developement of polish, french and german students

This research aims to identify and to compare elements of a possible social representation of sustainable development of students in Poland, France and Germany and to compare this "natural knowledge" to "referent ‘institutional’ knowledge ", in order to identify the supports and barriers to education. The research is based on the theory of social representations and its use in teaching of les questions socialement vives (socially acute questions). Questionnaire surveys were conducted among german, polish and french students pursuing a « Master of European Studies (MEE) ». These students will certainly become professional actors in the field of questions related to the European Union, which declares itself sustainable
development as its fundamental objective. Thus, it seems to be important to analyze what does mean sustainable development for them.