Discovering education for sustainability

In this segment, we aim to provide you with fundamental knowledge about education for sustainability. What exactly does education for sustainability entail? The first chapter offers an extensive and interactive introduction to this concept, which challenges traditional teaching methods that have led to unsustainable practices. It emphasizes the need for innovative approaches and curricular content for an educational paradigm shift.

The second chapter serves as a standalone evidence-based tool to assist you in integrating sustainability into your curriculum through six sequential steps. This interactive quick-start guide features illustrated examples of discipline-specific course design components such as learning outcomes, activities, and assessments that incorporate sustainability and exemplary approaches to do so. It also references inspiring frameworks and resources.

For educators well-versed in these concepts and methodologies, we’ve developed an additional chapter highlighting current trends in academic literature. We delve into key competencies in sustainability in this video presentation, showcasing the latest trends in sustainability educational literature. Furthermore, we shed light on the often-neglected domain of inner capabilities.

Lastly, the fourth chapter introduces the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs),a globally recognized framework for fostering sustainable development. We illustrate the learning outcomes associated with these goals and explore methods to align them with your course objectives. We provide a link to an outstanding resource developed by Aditi Garg at the University of Saskatchewan, where you can easily navigate to a specific SDG by clicking on its icon.