Education for Sustainable Development ONLINE

Aims

By the end of the workshop, you will:

• have a basic understanding of sustainability / sustainable development, with a focus on the Sustainable Development Goals
• develop a general understanding of ESD
• acquire introductory knowledge of sustainability competencies and corresponding pedagogical principles of ESD
• critically reflect on this knowledge and apply it to your own courses, aiming to support and encourage students in becoming change agents for sustainable development

Content

This four-hour online course provides an action-oriented introduction to the concepts of sustainable development and education for sustainable development (ESD), focusing on their implementation in higher education.
The workshop consists of a mix of theoretical insights and discussions on how participants can integrate the theory into their own teaching situations.

Topics covered:

• Sustainable development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Education for sustainable development (ESD)
• Objectives and pedagogical principles of ESD
• Development of sustainability competencies and values
• A brief introduction to ESD methods
• Reflections on implementing ESD in your own university teaching

Methods

Reading list, theoretical input, plenary discussions, and group and individual exercises

Target Group

All Doctoral Candidates & Postdocs

About the Trainer

Prof. Dr. Marco Rieckmann, Professor of Higher Education Development, focus on key competencies, in the Department of Education at Faculty I at the University of Vechta; Sustainability Officer at the University of Vechta. Main areas of work: Higher Education Development, (higher) education for sustainable development, sustainable university development.

Workload

Total of 5h (course attendance 4h, self-study 1h)

Feature

Once registration is open, applications will be collected for 24 hours and course places allocated by lot. All registrations received after the initial 24h period will be put on a waiting list and assigned on a first come, first served basis.

Course places/places on the waiting list will be confirmed by e-mail. Course registrations can only be canceled before the registration period ends (send an e-mail to grace@unibas.ch). Full course attendance is mandatory. Participants who fail to attend a course without prior notification or withdraw after the registration deadline are subject to a fee of CHF 30. In addition, participants who cancel their course registration at a later point in time, are absent without an excuse or do not attend the entire course will, for reasons of fairness, not be considered for course registration in the following semester and will be removed from other courses offered in the same semester. Please find the detailed regulations on the Transferable Skills Homepage.