摘要：Abstract: For decades, higher education institutions have been incorporating sustainability principles.Spanish universities have considered it important that sustainability principles are integrated into theuniversity curriculum, in order to contribute to the education of socially-responsible professionals.The present research aims to estimate pre-service educators’ awareness of selected challenges posedby Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4), and it identifies the learning experiences that contributethe most to these students’ awareness of quality education. Moreover, the study aims to explore thepotential of the use of the vignettes approach for the evaluation of students’ awareness. The studydrew on a sample of n = 202 first year students pursuing education-related degrees at a Spanishuniversity. The data was collected using a vignette survey, and the data analysis was conducted usingquantitative and qualitative techniques. The results show a high degree of awareness within thecontext of most of the challenges posed by SDG 4 and, in the search for the factors that contributedto the degree of awareness in the students, personal interests and classes taken at the universitystand out. In addition, the study provides the methodological implications of the use of the vignetteapproach in the assessment of students’ awareness. This paper discusses the practical implicationsfor universities of the integration of Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) competences intothe curriculum.
