MEDU221 - IFE

MEDU221
Sustainable Development Goals: Awareness and Accomplishment through Classroom Practice

MQF Level: 7

ECTS Value: 3 ECTS

Self Study Hours: 36

Contact Hours: 15

Assessment Hours: 24

Overall Objectives and Outcomes

The module invites course participants to think and act within different levels of influence and practice: as a classroom practitioner; as an educator in a school; In their personal lives within their family/ circle of friends; within their residential community; on a national level; and as a global citizen.

The ultimate aim of the module is to energise course participants to bring about long-term changes that address the sustainable goals. Firstly, this will be achieved by introducing The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (UN Sustainable Development Summit, 2015). The module will provide theoretical knowledge on each goal, including its practical implications within a classroom setting and beyond.

Secondly, the module will delve into the interconnections between the 17 sustainable goals. The ramifications of the interdependence between the goals will be explored on a national and on a global scale.

Thirdly, the module will entice course participants to rethink and re-evaluate their role as classroom practitioners trying to raise awareness of sustainable goals, and implementing practical measures to achieve these goals. Innovative ways on how these goals can be used to channel classroom practice will be examined and promoted.

This module introduces course participants to the 17 sustainable goals (UN Sustainable Development Summit, 2015). It encourages course participants to:

Reflect on these goals
Take up an active commitment to achieving these goals
To share their independently, personally driven good practices and initiatives with others.

By the end of this programme, participants should be able to:

Competences

a) Develop an informed ability to be critical and analytical when searching for connections between different sustainable goals;

b) Bridge theoretical knowledge on sustainable goals with classroom practice;

c) Transform some of the sustainable goals into measurable and concrete actions within a classroom/school setting;

d) Design lesson plans/ projects that translate sustainable goals into viable and doable actions within a classroom/ school setting.

Knowledge

a) Describe the 17 sustainable goals;

b) Explain the ideological preambles for sustainable goals;

c) Widen one’s perspective on sustainable goals;

d) Critically analyse the underlying preambles of the 17 sustainable goals within a local and global context;

f) Assess how sustainable goals are being addressed within different contexts.

Skills

a) Explore different modes of classroom practice to raise awareness of sustainable goals;

b) Appreciate the inter-relationship between different sustainable goals;

c) obtain a broader understanding of an interdisciplinary approach to addressing sustainable goals;

d) Appreciate the ‘beyond the classroom’ lessons when learning and teaching about sustainable goals;

e) Appreciate the philosophical, ethical, social, economical, environmental, political and educational implications of sustainable goals;

f) Think creatively when exploring different avenues to address sustainable goals.

Assessment Methods

This module will be assessed through an Assignment.