Sustainability Starts with Teachers

Change Project Orientation
5 Sessions
Developing an ESD Change Project
Some ESD Change Project Examples
Change Project Pathway to Bring About ESD Innovation
Completing the Parts of the ESD Change Project
Change Project Guidelines and Review
Learning Action 1: ESD Policy, Context and Competences Review
5 Sessions
Learning Action 1: A Case Story to Introduce ESD
Develop a common understanding of ‘Sustainable Development’ and ‘Education for Sustainable Development’ (ESD).
Review of the Vision and Mission statement of your institution and Sustainable Development Goal Number 4
Review of other relevant documents guiding the work of educators in your TE/TVET Institution
Assignment: Change Project Part 1 – Review of context, policy and institutional vision and mission
Learning Action 2: Sustainable Development Goals and Critical Issues
5 Sessions
Learning Action 2: A Case Story
Environment and Sustainability Knowledge: integrating society-economy-environment
The Sustainable Development Goals and sustainability challenges in Africa
Responses to Sustainability Issues and Concerns
Assignment: Change Project Part 2 – Exploring site “matters of concern”
Learning Action 3: Transformative Learning and Learning Environments
5 Sessions
Learning Action 3: A Case Story
Aspects to consider in ESD teaching and learning processes
Transformative pedagogies for ESD teaching
Transformative social learning and transforming learning environments
Assignment: Change Project Part 3 – Transformative learning and transforming learning environments
Learning Action 4: Design and Try out Assessment of Significant Learning in ESD
5 Sessions
Learning Action 4: A Case Story
Exploring your experience of assessment in the context of ESD assessment innovations
Additional guidance for designing assessments in ESD
Examples of alternative assessments
Assignment: Change Project Part 4 – Assessment of significant learning
Learning Action 5: Monitoring, Evaluation and Scaling for Impact
5 Sessions
Learning Action 5: A Case Story
Monitoring your change project in a community of practice
Evaluating the Change Project for value creation
Scaling the Change Project for Impact
Assignment: Change Project Part 5 – Monitoring and evaluating the ESD Change Project, and scaling for impact
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Exploring your experience of assessment in the context of ESD assessment innovations

Sustainability Starts with Teachers Learning Action 4: Design and Try out Assessment of Significant Learning in ESD Exploring your experience of assessment in the context of ESD assessment innovations

Click here to open and read the Case Story.

Reflect on your experience of more transformative, learning centred approaches to assessment that are congruent with ESD learning objectives. Use the examples below from the UNESCO Education for SD Learning Objectives document to work with (e.g.):

  • Suggested learning objectives for SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation
  • Suggested learning objectives SDG 5: Gender Equity

(you can also choose any of the other SDG Learning Objectives in the publication – choose ones that are most relevant to your Change Project focus)

Download this document and search inside for descriptions of the Learning Objectives for each of the SDGs.

Answer the following questions and write your answers down in your notebook course:

  • How would you go about assessing the cognitive learning objectives?

  • What variety of assessment methods could you use for assessing the socio-emotional learning objectives?

  • What assessment approaches would you use to assess the behavioural learning outcomes, especially those that reflect values?

  • How would you assess social learning outcomes associated with the SDG, especially the involvement of learners working with communities on sustainable development actions (as emphasised in Learning Action 3)?

  • How could you include the above in an inclusive end of course examination?

  • To what extent does your assessment reflect assessment of significant learning?

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