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What is Sustainable Curriculum? Stonehouse: Educational Enterprises for Sustainability Dr. Julie Binko Executive Director 1949 Greenbrier St. N. Maplewood MN 55117 jbinko007@mac.com. Essentials. curricular components are not new to educators known as best practices in education
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What is Sustainable Curriculum?Stonehouse: Educational Enterprises for Sustainability Dr. Julie Binko Executive Director1949 Greenbrier St. N. Maplewood MN 55117jbinko007@mac.com
Essentials • curricular components are not new to educators • known as best practices in education • essential to maintain and include all of them in the education process
Goal of Sustainable Curriculum To make the learners future citizens actively engaged in community-based sustainability
learning is relevant to each student • customized easily to incorporate adaptations and extensions
discovery-based • enhances a battery of higher order thinking skills • moves learning from knowing to understanding • learners create pragmatic knowledge that is useful to learners' lives and their community
encourages communication skills creates a place for community-building for learners
scaffolding is essential so learners can grasp basic facts and skills to carry out rigorous learning • learning is facilitated and guided for learner success
learners use the community • helps in accessing contextual meaning and prior knowledge
uses problem-based methods • solutions are based on patterns and trends • learning is action-oriented and future-based
used to remain accountable • used to raise the quality of learning and still remain accountable