Education for Sustainability: Guides for teaching and learning

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Posted on: 1 December 2011
By: mackene
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Education for sustainability (EfS) uses approaches specific to the content and concerns of different programmes and subject areas, but also draws upon shared teaching and learning priorities. Critical pedagogies geared to futures and systems thinking, participatory and experiential learning, critical thinking, partnership working and values reflection, are all widely used in EfS across varied disciplines and in inter-disciplinary contexts. To support academic staff in curriculum enhancement in this area, the University of Gloucestershire has developed an institutional framework to provide guidance about these teaching and learning approaches. This covers basic pedagogic methods, approaches to curriculum design and signs of demand among students and organisations for sustainability skills in the graduate employment arena. Using consultation internally and across the sector, the following materials have been developed:

EfS: A guide for university managers on needs and opportunities

This explores strategic needs, benefits and the potential for EfS in the curriculum and in partnership with external organisations, including recent research evidence of demand and interest among students and employers.

EfS: A guide for educators on teaching and learning approaches

This  provides orientation on the aims and principles of EfS, to inform curriculum development work, including pedagogic approaches, definitions and entry points, as well as different ways to bring EfS to life in programmes.

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