Tag: ESD
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Sustainability Change Challenge Projects
In a course for teachers I took at Gothenburg University we were tasked with a sustainability change challenge. We planned something we considered that we could actually do to change something for sustainability. My idea was to provide support for teachers to help everyone advance their education for sustainability. The project plans started with meetings…
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Welcomed Feedback From Fellow ESDers
Picture taken from presentation by Arjen Wals-Unlearning Unsustainable Behaviour
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Designing a Virtual Learning Platform for ESD
We have been busy designing several workshops for upcoming events that will apply our Sustainability Competence Assessment (SCA). There are nine different universities in the Baltic region that have signed up to the workshops. At the universities involved with the Baltic University Group network, teachers are given a Sustainability Change Challenge assignment where the teachers…
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Great Aspirations
Our plans on how best to develop this platform so that we can provide the support everybody needs has begun to find assistance and inspiration in several different contexts. This week we met with different education professionals to discuss our plans, increase our network and to strengthen collaboration with other education organizations. One main point…
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Supporting Students and Teachers Learning Progression for Sustainability
We have had a good response from several study programs this week. The students have taken part in the first round of the questionnaire that helps to inform teachers about the student groups’ key sustainability competencies (KSC). The teachers that will have the students in the next module will be better prepared, since they can…
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A New Academic Year, New Possibilities!
Hello everyone and welcome back to our weekly update on the project Advancing Education For Sustainability. We have been taking some time to reconnect with the natural world by swims in the ocean and lakes, hikes in the countryside and going to a tortoise’s birthday party (she was 101 years old). Several strange and wonderful…
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New ESD Workshop Series Comencing
Last week we were invited to take part in a workshop follow-up to a teacher in higher education course in Education for Sustainable Development (ESD). The idea was that all teachers that wanted to take part could discuss their own experiences and plans for advancing their ESD and build a network for ESD collaborations. In…
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Learning Progression Part 2: Instruction from above and below
This week we have been reflecting on what we have learnt so far about teacher support that exists and support desired. We have experienced several very engaged and supportive teachers for sustainability on our journey. While Gert-Olof and I planned for a teacher’s day together, we decided to conduct some interviews with our business school…
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Learning Progression Part 1: Assessment
Our first steps to help support teachers advance education for sustainability is to provide an assessment tool that can inform teachers about their students’ competence in sustainability before they come to class. While conducting this study we came across several different types of assessment tools that can be used to assess the key sustainability competencies.…
