Analysis of the Connection of United Nations Sustainable Development Goals with the Hong Kong High School Technology Curriculum

Abstract

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Target 4.7 stated that by 2030, all learners should acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development. However, only scattered studies outline how SDG knowledge has been taught and assessed in public K12 curricula. This study uses a machine learning approach to identify SDG topics in five technology-related subjects in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education curriculum. A public training dataset from OSDG and descriptions of subjects were used for the classification. Results of module-/subject-/curriculum-level analysis were used to illustrate the adopted approach's functions.