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Workshop Sessions
We are working to present a comprehensive workshop programme consisting of hands-on experience, dialog and creativity! Workshops will be directly linked to seminars as well as offering opportunities for study-visits at local projects etc.
Each participant will attend one of the workshops.
Upon registration you are asked to select a workshop.
For those that have already registered we will send out an e-mail where you are asked to select a workshop.
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Workshop 1
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A child oriented perspective
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Learning for sustainable development in Swedish preschools
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Ingrid Engdahl,
Stockholm University, Dept of Child and Youth Studies
Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér, University of Gothenburg, Dept of Education.
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Workshop 2
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Voices of the Young in a Changing Climate
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Learning about children´s rights in a changing climate. Methods, e.g climate roleplay, to engage and create knowledge about multidisciplinary global issues.
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Lars Benon and Karolina Sandahl, The Global College together with some of their students
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Workshop 3
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Study visit - Early Childhood
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Education for sustainable development in the early childhood years.
Study-visit at the preschool "Holken".
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Gunilla Cederholm
Head Master, Preschool Holken
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Workshop 4
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Study visit - Nature School of Lund
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Using the outdoor environment as a place for learning, Naturskolan Lund
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Carolina Andersson,
Anders W. Kjellsson, Naturskolan, Lund
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Workshop 5
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Strategies for Sustainable Municipalities
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ESD as a key issue in order to make sense in a complex world.
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Anna Mogren
Mathias Demetriades
The Global School/International Programme Office
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Workshop 6
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To dialogue with schools globally
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Life-Link Friendship-Schools Programme in favour of Education for Sustainable Development
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Hans Levander
Göran Säve
Life-Link Friendship-Schools Program
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Workshop 7
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RCE Skåne –
Where do we want to go?
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Why does a municipality and a university engage in the process of developing the vision of a
Regional Center of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development?
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Harriet Axelsson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Malmö University, Tove Klette, City Commissioner of Educational Affairs, Lund
Louise Rehn Winsborg, Chairman of the educational Board, Lund
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Workshop 8
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Lund Calling -
Young Masters Programme
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The world into the school -
the school into the world!
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Torvald Jacobsson,
Birgitta Nordén
Lund University
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Workshop 9
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UN Child Rights Convention (CRC) and UN ESD (DESD)
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How are these issues connected in practice?
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Per Wickenberg
Bodil Rasmusson,
Ulf Leo
Lund University
Principals in local schools in Lund and/or Malmö
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Workshop 10
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Sustainable Development on a Plate
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Classroom activities on food and learning for sustainable development
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Gunilla Andersson,
Sustaiable Development Unit, City of Malmö
Kerstin Sonesson,
School of Teacher Education, Malmö University
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Workshop 11
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Our Climate
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How do we use regional strengths to meet and minimize climate change?
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Lotta Hedström
Chairman Regional Committee on Climate Change
Anders Nylander,
the Skåne Energy Agency
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Workshop 12
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Sustainability learning challenges
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Mats G E Svensson
Patrik Wallman
Barry Ness
Sara Brogaard
LUCSUS
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Workshop 13
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Whole School Approach in One Planet Future
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Gunilla Elsässer
Carina Borgström- Hansson, WWF
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Workshop 14
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Active learning - Simulation
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Facilitators from the pedagogical cooperative of Simnet
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Workshop 15
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The Gothenburg Recommendations put into practice
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Marie Arehag, ESD-project, Chalmers
Inger Björneloo, University of Gothenburg
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Workshop 16
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ESD in Higher education
the Lund University Faculty of Engineering example
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How did the process of incorporating Sustainable Development in the compulsory curricula develop?
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Mattias Alveteg, Lund University
Students from the Technical Faculty
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Workshop 17
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Sustainability for who?
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The sea belongs to everyone, but can everyone participate in learning for sustainability?
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Michael Palmgren
SEA-U
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Workshop 1
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A child oriented perspective
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Learning for sustainable development in Swedish preschools
Workshop facilitator/s:
Ingrid Engdahl, Stockholm University, Dept of Child and Youth Studies
Eva Ärlemalm-Hagsér, University of Gothenburg, Dept of Education.
In the past decades the concept of education for sustainable development has influenced educational policies on international, national and local levels. So far, knowledge about the concept of education for sustainable development as a pedagogical content and practice in the Swedish preschool has not been discussed and problematized to any significant extent in scientific research; it is becoming urgently necessary to scrutinize how constructions of global political agenda influence children’s everyday life in preschool.
In November 2008, researchers and policy makers co-wrote the Gothenburg Recommendations on ESD, an action-oriented document summarizing general and specific steps to be discussed and promoted in Early Childhood Education as in all other parts of Education.
This presentation highlights how the global agenda ´education for sustainable development´ influences the local educational arena in regional municipal political steering documents and how Swedish preschool children understand the concept.
We will also discuss how the youngest children with their holistic approach to life can integrate and become empowered through ESD. Furthermore, we will give some examples of how the Gothenburg recommendations, both the general and the specific recommendations for early childhood education, are implemented in the Swedish preschool. The presentation attaches special importance to a child oriented perspective.
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Workshop 2
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Voices of the Young in a Changing Climate
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Learning about children´s rights in a changing climate. Methods, e.g climate roleplay, to engage and create knowledge about multidisciplinary global issues.
Workshop facilitators:
Karolina Sandahl, Global College
Students, Global College
Already, children’s rights are violated due to the negative effects of climate change. Children in poor countries are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. According to the Convention on the Rights of the Child all children have the rights to take part in decisions that influence their every day life and future.
This workshop emphasizes teaching methods aimed to enhance the possibilities of youngsters to participate in and affect our world in a sustainable way. The workshop aims to inspire the reflections on teaching methods that could bring knowledge about climate change from a perspective of rights. Furthermore, methods that could create possibilities for youth to become important agents in issues concerning the development of our world. In other words, this workshops is about both developing knowledge and the ability to act.
The methods presented are from the teaching material: ”Children´s rights in a changing climate”. This material is developed by teachers at Global College in Stockholm assigned by Plan Sweden. One of the methods from the material is a role play on climate change. Climate role play makes it easier for children to follow climate negotiations and to learn more about the consequences of climate change for e.g. children in poor countries. The aims of this role play are to experience the complexity in climate negotiations and to analyze and reflect on solutions for a sustainable future.
This workshop is for anyone interested in working with global issues using active teaching methods setting the student in the center of a multidisciplinary approach.
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Workshop 3
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Study visit - Early Childhood
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Education for sustainable development in the early childhood years.
Study-visit at the preschool "Holken".
The playground for learning between indoor and outdoor - this is how we interpret sustainable development
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Workshop 4
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Study visit - Nature School of Lund
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Using the outdoor environment as a place for learning, Naturskolan Lund
Workshop facilitators:
Carolina Andersson, Naturskolan, Lund
Anders W. Kjellsson, Naturskolan, Lund
Children have different ways of learning. Practical and authentic activities in context is a powerful way to enhance ESD.
The workshop is held outdoors and gives a hands-on experience in making practical use of the surrounding environment in the learning process.
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Workshop 5
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Strategies for Sustainable Municipalities
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Subtitle
ESD as a key issue in order to make sense in a complex world.
Workshop facilitators:
Anna Mogren
Mathias Demetriades
The Global School/International Programme Office
Facing new challenges due to globalization, we all need to adapt to the new situation. It is evident that the global agenda does indeed affect the local municipality. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) becomes a key issue in order to make sense in a complex world. This seminar presents strategies in different municipalities, where ESD has become an essential pedagogic component, from Pre-School to Upper Secondary School. Concrete examples of this will be shown. Moreover, the political process and ambition as well as the structure of the project will be displayed and discussed. The Global School's role in the work will also be brought to light.
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Workshop 6
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Dialogue with schools Globally
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Life-Link Friendship-Schools Programme in favour of Education for Sustainable Development
Workshop facilitators:
Hans Levander
Göran Säve
Life-Link Friendship-Schools Program
The workshop will inform about the independent NGO Life-Link program, coordinated from Uppsala in Sweden since 1987 and today used by more than 600 schools in 80 countries.
Discuss how Schools can join the special Life-Link & UNESCO project Culture of Care, Water for Life, and RRR Reduce-Reuse-Recycle during the second term of Decade for ESD (2010-2014)
Inspire the workshop EU school delegates to reflect on “advantages and risks” when communicating with schools in the European neighbourhood, in countries such as Arab region NB Iraq, North Africa region, and also Iran, as well as Eastern Europe countries: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine.
Train the workshop participants on how to profit from the Life-Link database with more than 3 000 reported ESD actions within the themes and ethics of Care for Myself – Care for Others – Care for Nature, and Project Management.
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Workshop 7
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RCE Skåne – Where do we want to go?
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Why does a municipality and a university engage in the process of developing the vision of a Regional Center of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development?
What are the gains, lessons learned and how do we take the work one step further?
Workshop facilitators:
Harriet Axelsson, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Malmö University
Tove Klette, City Commissioner of Educational Affairs, Lund
Louise Rehn Winsborg, Chairman of the Educational Board, Lund
The aim of the workshop is to take the work of RCE Skåne one step further and invite to a discussion about the future role and use of RCE Skåne. How do we spread and strengthen the network?
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Workshop 8
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Lund Calling - Young Masters Programme
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The world into the school - the school into the world!
Workshop facilitator/s:
Torvald Jacobsson,
Birgitta Nordén
Lund University
The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University, Sweden has developed, and since 1999 successfully managed, the Young Masters Programme for Sustainable Development (YMP). The programme is a web-based, interactive distance-learning course, designed for students between 16-18 years of age, which focuses on issues related to sustainable development and preventive environmental strategies.
The education facilitates concrete sustainability skills and provides easy-to-understand information on the major sustainability challenges facing humanity. It has a true global outreach - students from 113 countries have participated in the programme.
In China, the YMP has been distributed in cooperation with the Centre for Environmental Education & Communication (CEEC) of the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP). The YMP in China is also conducted in close co-operation with the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Swedish Embassy in China. More than 5000 Chinese students has been educated within the YMP. IIIEE is now initiating a dynamic development and expansion phase of the programme in that will make it possible to educate up to 100 000 simultaneously by 2015.
“Lund Calling” is an another and on-going pilot YMP-project run by the IIIEE, Lund University and Lund Municipality with the aim to implement YMP in schools in Lund, using the programme as an aid for teachers in themes overarching multiple disciplines as well as in subjects concerning global interrelations.
But of equal importance is that the local schools and teachers are connected with international communities and networks to promote individual empowerment, interactive learning and thus to help illustrate sustainability issues from both a local and a global standpoint. The project is evaluated through pedagogical research by Learning Lund at Lund University, and some of the results from this research will be presented at the Conference.
During this Workshop you will learn how to use the YMP tool by hands-on experience and discussions with teachers and pedagogical researchers from Lund.
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Workshop 9
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UN Child Rights Convention (CRC) and UN ESD (DESD)-
How are these issues connected in practice?
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Workshop facilitator/s:
Per Wickenberg, PhD, Ass. professor, Sociology of law, Lund University
Bodil Rasmusson, PhD, lecturer/researcher, School of Social Work, Lund University
Ulf Leo, principal and PhD Candidate, Sociology of Law, Lund University
Principals in local schools in Lund and/or Malmö
The Aim of this seminar is to strengthen awareness of the educational practice of and connections between CRC and ESD - i.e. how the empowerment of the learners could be supported via participation and real involvment in educational practice. Examples from developing countries and Sweden.
The workshop aims for discussions about the above with teachers/principals from schools in our CRC-projects in Lund.
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Workshop 10
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Sustainable Development on a plate
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Subtitle:
Classroom activities on food and learning for sustainable development
Workshop facilitators:
Gunilla Andersson, Sustaiable Development Unit, City of Malmö
Kerstin Sonesson, School of Teacher Education, Malmö University
In this workshop we will present and practice activities, using food as a means to education for sustainable development, ESD, in the classroom. We will play, learn and discuss. Typical for the activities and most ESD methods is the focus on democracy, attitudes and action competence, as well as on the learning process.
The workshop is mainly designed for teachers working in primary and secondary schools.
The City of Malmö and Malmö University are collaborating and together we are aiming for a holistic grip on sustainable development and education for sustainable development through focus on food. In a common research and development project, we are aiming to develop Food as a means on ESD. Malmö University has also developed and is giving in-service teacher training courses on Food, Climate and ESD.
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Workshop 11
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Our Climate – How do we use regional strengths to meet and minimize climate change?
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Our Climate – as a Regional Challenge!
Workshop facilitators:
Lotta Hedström, Chairman Regional Committee on Climate Change
Anders Nylander, the Skåne Energy Agency
- The Region of Skåne has chosen a strategy where politicians from all parties, experts, societal functions and citizens meet in the common challenge to find ways to meet and minimize Climate Change.
The regional parliamentary committee has been working since September 2007 to collect, coordinate and propose new mitigation and adaptation strategies. From the more technical inventory phase there has been strong focus on cooperation and dialogue across with different stakeholders within the region of Skåne and Öresund.
- What have been the major challenges? Lessons learned? How can the regional perspective and organization be used to promote work towards a sustainable climate strategy?
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Workshop 12
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Sustainability learning challenges
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Workshop facilitators:
Mats G E Svensson
Patrik Wallman
Barry Ness
Sara Brogaard
LUCSUS
Sustainability is term encompassing many educational challenges; it is trans-disciplinary, challenges existing beliefs and policies, demands new approaches and perspectives, and needs new tools and methods. This workshop will point at several common sustainability challenges; How to extend temporal and spatial boundaries and how to cross and combine knowledge domains. This will be exemplified with cases related to Tragedy of commons aspects, Cascading effects, and Fixes that fails, where Causal loop diagramming, as a trans-disciplinary method will be used to improve decision-making and policy development, at all levels.
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Workshop 13
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Whole School Approach in One Planet Future
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Workshop facilitators:
Gunilla Elsässer
Carina Borgström- Hansson
WWF
Participants will explore challenges for a one planet future instead of living as if we had three planets as the average European does today. Whole school approaches in ESD are needed. This workshops aims to identify important development areas for this and ways forward.
Presentations of experiences from Swedish model schools.
Expected results
Key areas, actions and responsibilities for Whole School Approach in ESD are identified.
Target group
Politicians and administrators on community, national and EU level. Teachers.
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Workshop 14
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Active learning - Simulation
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Workshop facilitator/s:
Facilitators from the pedagogical cooperative of Simnet (www.simnet.se)
You will participate in an active teaching method on the subject sustainable development from divergent perspectives, social-, economic and ecological sustainable development.
The method is based on David A. Kolb’s theories on “Experiential learning” and focuses on a shared, simulated activity followed by debriefing consisting of the four steps: observation and reflection, forming abstract concepts, generalization and application in new situations.
After the workshop you will get a compendium with the exercise, so that you can use it in your work.
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Workshop 15
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The Gothenburg Recommendations put into practice
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How do we go from words to action? From “Why” and “What” in the Gothenburg recommendations to “How” in our own practices!
Workshop facilitators:
Marie Arehag, Project leader, ESD-project, Chalmers
Inger Björneloo, Lecturer, Dep. of Education University of Gothenburg
Bo Samuelsson, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Environment and Sustainability, GMV, Chalmers/University of Gothenburg
UNESCO, governments and other organizational actors cannot accomplish anything without actors in local practice. A transformation of the recommendations and declarations into human face-to-face interaction is needed.
In this workshop we will interpret the Gothenburg Recommendations our own specific practices. We will also have the more recent Bonn declaration in mind.
What do they mean for each of us?
We will discuss possible actions from our different perspectives, whether we are educators at different levels, or policy makers setting overall conditions for learning and teaching.
Among the outcomes of this workshop will be: Shared experiences, identification of needs for new prerequisites for our practices, and outlines of research questions on How to pursue ESD.
Link to Gothenburg recommendations: https://document.chalmers.se/download?docid=1751511759
Link to Bonn Declaration: http://www.esd-world-conference-2009.org/fileadmin/download/ESD2009_BonnDeclaration080409.pdf .
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Workshop 16
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ESD in Higher education
the Lund University Faculty of Engineering example
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How did the process of incorporating Sustainable Development in the compulsory curricula develop?
Workshop facilitators:
Mattias Alveteg, Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering, Lund University
Students from the Technical Faculty
Sustainable development is part of the compulsory curriculum of Master of Science in Engineering at Lund University.
The aim of the workshop is to discuss the process to incorporate SD as a mandatory requirement in higher education. How has the different programs worked with the issue? What has been the major gains, lessons learned and reaction from teaching staff and students?
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Workshop 17
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The sea belongs to everyone, but can everyone participate in learning for sustainability?
Workshop facilitators:
Michael Palmgren
SEA-U
SEA-U is today managing a number of different nature, environmental and cultural projects that are open to everyone regardless of background, age and ability.
Our main project is to run and develop SEA-U Water Workshop. SEA-U Water Workshop is an educational all-year-round activity for students (from kinder garden to University level) and the public. We have had over 90 000 visitors since the start in 2005. Our presentation will focus on how we at SEA-U work to increase the awareness and knowledge about the sea and our plans for the future.
At SEA-U Water Workshop everybody despite background, age and mobility can participate in our activities. We had developed a pedagogic method to include everyone. Today more than 5000 disable people has participated in waders, wet suits and together discover, explore the wildlife, environment and the ocean in Malmö. How did we do that and is possible to do that in other areas to?
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