Jens Aarby and Søren Ib Cruys-Bagger
Preparation for class
Please read the article 'Action Competence as an Aim for Environmental Education' by Søren Breiting. Can be downloaded from the college database 'artikelbasen.
Professional Challenge
Teachers need to understand and work with pupils' awareness of sustainability locally and globally
Professional Skills
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this sessions students ..
- can define the concept sustainabilty and are aware of various areas of relevance to the concept
- are aware of different learning levels in a progression towards action competence
- are able to organize teaching that is likely to develop action competence in pupils
- know the curricular basis nationally and internationally
- know good online resources available for teaching sustainability
Content
This learning expedition sets out to work on professional challenges for the teacher regarding the teaching of action competence for sustainability.
Contents include presentations, groups discussions and hand-on work on areas of personal incentives and classroom work with different age groups.
Product!!!
Please write your own understanding of the concept 'sustainability'.
Possible key concepts (continue the list)
Indicators of sustainability, action competence, life cycles, global footprints,
Indicators of sustainability, action competence, life cycles, global footprints,
GNP, incentives for change
Literature
Breiting,S. (2009): 'Action Competence as an Aim for Environmental Education' in Action Competence, Conflicting Interests and Environmental Education (Århus: Århus University Press)
This is the power point on sustainability:
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