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Teaching for Sustainable and Conscientious Living

Teaching for Sustainable and Conscientious Living . Brendan McGreal, Varghese Swamy & Kate Elliott . WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? . OUR EDUCATIONAL APPROACH . PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT recommendations. AN INTEGRATED UNIT FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE .

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Teaching for Sustainable and Conscientious Living

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  1. Teaching for Sustainable and Conscientious Living Brendan McGreal, Varghese Swamy & Kate Elliott

  2. WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

  3. OUR EDUCATIONAL APPROACH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT recommendations

  4. AN INTEGRATED UNIT FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE AN INTEGRATED UNIT FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE WHAT ‘n’ WHY: an integrated approach to teaching about sustainable living, in pursuit of a sustainable future. No overarching theme (e.g. water, waste, community). Instead, the overarching goal is to develop critical capacities and for students to be exposed to and arrive at “alternative ways” of doing things. INCLUDED: =Recommended questions (support critical engagement and appraisal – personal attitudes) =Stand-alone workshops – focus, race against clock, hurdle tasks, teacher chooses order =Continuity – blogging (teacher and students – authentic publishing of cognitive work) FOUR DETAILED PLANS 1 – Introduction to sustainability: Class Habits at Home 2 – Water Sustainability 3 – ‘Affluenza’ 4 – Clothes Swap

  5. Blogging & The VELS At VELS 6, Blogging on Sustainability-related matters supports: Thinking Skills 6 - Reflection, evaluation and meta-cognition • At Level 6, when reviewing information and refining ideas and beliefs, students explain conscious changes that may occur in their own and others’ thinking and analyse alternative perspectives and perceptions. Thinking Skills 6- Communication 6 – Creativity • They apply selectively a range of creative thinking strategies to broaden their knowledge and engage with contentious, ambiguous, novel and complex ideas. Design, Creativity and Technology - Producing • They make products/systems that meet the quality, aesthetic, functionality and performance requirements outlined in the design brief. At VELS 6, when interacting with new, and sometimes challenging material... Communication 6 – Listening, viewing and responding • [Students] consider alternative views, recognise multiple possible interpretations and respond with insight. They use complex verbal and non-verbal cues, subject-specific language, and a wide range of communication forms. Students use pertinent questions to explore, clarify and elaborate complex meaning.

  6. Inspiration for student blogging (for reflection and accountability) • Teacher blogs on what was taught • Students blog on what they learnt • http://geography-student.blogspot.com/

  7. IntegratedUnit_Sustainability_KE_VS_BM.pdf

  8. Other Lessons (pick ‘n’ mix)e.g. of assessment, suggested into-dev-conclusion, questions, resources and VELS links

  9. RESOURCES WE RECOMMEND • Multiple authors so that students engage with multiple perspectives • Support critical engagement by students – VELS 6

  10. References – Introduction Bonn Declaration (2009) UNESCO World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development, Bonn, Germany, April. www.esd-world-conference-2009. org/en/whats-new/news-detail/item/ bonn-declaration-adopted.html Department of Environment, and Heritage (DEH) (2005) Educating for a sustainable future: A National Environmental Education Statement for Australian Schools. www.deh.gov.au/education. Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) (2009a) Living Sustainably: The Australian Government’s National Action Plan for Education for Sustainability. www.deh.gov.au/education. Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA) (2009b) Education for Sustainability: The Role of Education in Engaging and Equipping People for Change. www.environment.gov.au/education World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) (1987) Our Common Future. Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, United Nations.

  11. References – Professional Development for Teachers Australian Curriculum(n.d.), Cross-curriculum priorities: Sustainability, from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/CrossCurriculumPriorities/Sustainability. Accessed on 12 October 2011. Avalos, B. (2011). Teacher professional development in Teaching and Teacher Education over ten years. Teaching and Teacher Education, 27, 10-20. UNSECO (n.d.). Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future, UNESCO – Education, fromhttp://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/ . Accessed on 13 October 201.

  12. References for Lesson 8, Affluenza Teenage Affluenza”, YouTube, available from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFZz6ICzpjI (last visited 10/10/11) References for Lesson 11, The Great Clothes Swap Social Studio (2011), ‘Hunter Gatherer’ and ‘The Social Studio’, available at: http://www.thesocialstudio.org/The_Social_Studio___Remixed_Design/TSS.html (last visited 10/10/11) Justmeans (2010), Where do donated clothes go?, Justmeans, 29/9/10, available at: http://www.justmeans.com/Where-do-donated-clothes-go/32825.html (last visited 10/10/11). Tuliomwe, I (2011), Kibuye Project Overview, ‘Arise and Shine, Uganda’, Available at: http://ariseandshineug.blogspot.com/2011/04/drought-in-kibuye-village.html (last visited 10/10/11). White, D (2008), Kinship, Networks, and Exchange, Structural Analysis in the Social Sciences, Cambridge University Press: London

  13. References for Lesson 6, Water Sustainability Bendigo Secondary College (n.d.). De Bono Hat Posters for Classroom Display. Retrieved on 6 October 2011, from http://www.bssc.edu.au/public/learning_teaching/pd/toc/DeBono.shtml Bureau of Meteorology (n.d.). Retrieved 7 October 2011, from http://www.bom.gov.au/lam/climate/levelthree/c20thc/drought.htm Catalyst story (2006). Retrieved on 7 October 2011, from http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/s1785041.htm Coastkeepers (n.d.) Retrieved on 7 October 2011, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtVtokqsL6c Discover Magazine (n.d.). Accessed on 7 October 2011, from http://discovermagazine.com/2008/may/23-from-toilet-to-tap The 4 National Taps (n.d.). Retrieved on 7 October 2011, from http://www.water.siemens.com/en/videos/water-recycle-reuse/Pages/kranji-water-reuse.aspx Victoria’s Water (n.d.) Victoria’s Water – Level 6 Sample Unit. Retrieved 7 October 2011, from http://vels.vcaa.vic.edu.au/support/units/water/

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