Abstract
Research in knowledge systems for sustainable development (KSSD) seeks to determine how science and technology can be put into effective action at a local level. Teachers in education for sustainability attempt to achieve the same goal. KSSD research has indicated that success is context driven, that panaceas are inappropriate and that knowledge systems at best provide solutions in evolution. We describe a teaching framework we are developing to support KSSD researchers and teachers in education for sustainability based in an ecology of education. While a need for ecology in education may be apparent, there is also a concurrent equally important need for an ecology of education. We argue you cannot teach ecology in education adequately without an appropriate ecology of education. This paper is about why teachers need to know this and how teachers of education for sustainability can implement and assess this approach in the classroom.

Key words: Ecology, Education, Sustainability