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Structure of my lecture

Lecture on a teaching unit for the upper secondary level on the subject of sustainability/sustainable development. Case study – Leipzig: Change and sustainability/sustainable development in Leipzig and its surrounding area. Structure of my lecture.

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Structure of my lecture

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  1. Lecture on a teaching unit for the upper secondary level on the subject of sustainability/sustainable development Kerstin Bräuer

  2. Case study – Leipzig: Change and sustainability/sustainable development in Leipzig and its surrounding area Kerstin Bräuer

  3. Structure of my lecture • The place of the subject of sustainability/sustainable development in the new Saxon geography syllabus • Motivation – Reasons for choosing the topic taking Leipzig as an example • Realisation of the subject 3.1. Methodical realisation of the topic 3.2. Realisation of the content of the topic 4. Summary Kerstin Bräuer

  4. 1. The place of the subject of sustainability/ sustainable development in the Saxon geography syllabus Selection of subject areas which are treated with regard to sustainability/sustainable development (class 5 – 9): • class 5: brown coal mining; recultivation; structural change of old industrialised areas • class 6: protection of coast; mass tourism in the Alps/around the Mediterranean Sea • class 7: the Sahel; petroleum as an economical and political factor • class 8: China and the population growth; land use at Lake Aral • class 9: space analysis of Amazonia; metropolisation Kerstin Bräuer

  5. Selection of subject areas which are treated with regard to sustainability/sustainable development (class 10 – 12) • class 10: the use of oceans; ecological farming • course 11: global climate change; global disparities between nations of the earth; globalisation of the economy; raw material and energy supply of the world • course 12: use of the boreal coniferous forest zone; change of the landscape in the Mediterranean subtropics; urbanisation process and global growth of the population; city ecology; sustainable city development Kerstin Bräuer

  6. 2. Motivation – Reasons for choosing the topic taking Leipzig as an example realisation of the guiding principle of sustainability/sustainable development in the city and regional planning in harmony with the “Leipzig Agenda 21” great number of case studies Leipzig as a rapidly changing city “EXPO 2000” and the special role of Leipzig high willingness to realise the topic of sustainability development of values ability to grasp the topic big sports events the own experience of the students Kerstin Bräuer

  7. 3. Realisation of the subject3.1. Methodical realisation of the subject Environment Economy Society • realisation in course 12 with 20 students • 4 lessons • group work (“Self Organised Learning”) • providing material and Internet • use of the terms sustainability, sustain. development and the “triangle of sustainability” Aim: Protection of the environment Aim: Income in order to satisfy vital necessities Aim: Distribution of chances between different groups of population Kerstin Bräuer

  8. SOL – “Self Organised Learning” 20 students 1.formation of 4 basic groups 2.formation of 4 expert groups 3.treatment of parts of the central theme in expert groups • return into the basic groups for presentation of the results 5. final discussion Kerstin Bräuer

  9. Lesson Occupation of the students 1 Formation of basic/expert groups; phase of providing and editing information for multiplication 2 Continuation of phase of providing and editing information for multiplication 3 Dissolving of the teams of experts and return into the basic groups; phase of changing their information 4 Final discussion Timetable Kerstin Bräuer

  10. 3.2. Realisation of the content Expert group 1: The BMW works in the north of Leipzig  • Task: Examine how the guiding principle of sustainability as part of the company strategy of the BMW Group is realised at the new production plant in the north of Leipzig. Explain the importance of civic participation in connection with the construction of the BMW works. • Material: brochures “Contributions to the urban development-42.City of Leipzig”, “Faszination Produktion – the BMW works in Leipzig”, “ Sustainable Value Report 2005/2006”, www.bmwgroup.comwww.le-agenda.de Kerstin Bräuer

  11. Expert group 2: Environment – from open-cast mining to a lake district • Task: Describe how aspects of sustainability/sustainable development were taken into consideration when the area to the south of Leipzig was changed from a brown coal open-cast mine to a recreational area/green belt area. • Material: brochures “Contributions to the urban development-42.City of Leipzig”, “Tourist region - Leipzig”, “Leipzig pages: Leipzig – Showing the change”; newspaper articles from the local press, www.leipzig.de Kerstin Bräuer

  12. Expert group 3: Society – urban renewal in the east of Leipzig • Task: Grasp the reasons for the necessity of different development programmes for the east of Leipzig. Explain the realisation of the guiding principle of sustainability in this quarter (corresponding to the Leipzig Agenda 21). • Material: brochures “Contributions to the urban development-42.City of Leipzig”, “Urban renewal – new scope for development in the east of Leipzig”, various newspaper articles from the local press, www.le-agenda.dewww.leipzig.de Kerstin Bräuer

  13. Expert group 4: Big sports events and sustainability • Task: Analyse the realisation of the guiding principle of sustainability in the concept for Leipzig’s international application for the Olympic Games 2012. Find out positive/sustainable effects which will remain regardless whether the application for these big sports events will be successful or not. • Material: brochures “Contributions to the urban development-42/45.City of Leipzig”, special geographic magazine “geography today” (04/2004), www.leipzig.dewww.leipzig2012.de Kerstin Bräuer

  14. 4. Summary • Remarks: - very committed independent work of the students - development of team spirit - achieved sensitisation for the topic of sustainability including the local Agenda 21 → realisation of personal responsibility for resources → using the right to have to say in the decision during the planning phase of the measures • Project week as a sensible alternative or in order to deepen the subject matter Kerstin Bräuer

  15. Examples of handouts of the students (basic structure) Problem areas in the east of Leipzig: - - - - Development programme “Social town”, “Conceptional quarter plan of the east of Leipzig” Realisation of the guiding principle of sustainability: - - Effects: - - - - Kerstin Bräuer

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