Completing the Parts of the ESD Change Project

There are five parts to the Change Project that follow the action learning cycle of the programme, as illustrated in Figure 1.

  • Change Project Part 1

    Reviewing context, policy and 21st century teaching capabilities; refining the Change Project focus.

    Part 1 of the Change Project and Learning Action 1 involves consolidating, confirming and refining your choice of ESD Change Project with members of your community of practice.

  • Change Project Part 2

    Exploring local sustainable development challenges or ‘matters of concern’ in more depth.

    Part 2 of the Change Project and Learning Action 2 encourages deeper reflection and examination of local sustainable development challenges, matters of concern and opportunities for change.

  • Change Project Part 3

    Transformative learning and transforming learning environments.

    Part 3 of the ESD Change Project and Learning Action 3 encourages you to review different approaches to learning, identify those that promote transformative learning (T-learning) involving active learning and ‘handprints” (or positive movement) for change, critical thinking and co-creating transformative learning environments.

  • Change Project Part 4

    Assessment of significant learning

    Part 4 of the Change Project and Learning Action 4 works through how to assess significant ESD learning.

  • Change Project Part 5

    Monitoring and evaluating the ESD Change Project, and scaling for impact

    Part 5 of the Change Project and Learning Action 5 introduces and uses a monitoring and evaluation framework that will help establish value in the ESD Change Project, and to think about scaling the project for impact.

Figure 1  The action learning cycle of the SST Change Project.