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EDF5665 - Environmental education, design and learning for sustainability

12 points, SCA Band 1, 0.250 EFTSL

Postgraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Education

Coordinator(s)

Associate Professor Alan Reid

Offered

Clayton

Second semester 2016 (Flexible)

Synopsis

This unit introduces students to the role of design in learning for sustainability. Ecopedagogy (ecological approaches to teaching and learning) has an important part to play in the delivery and design of effective (and non-effective) educational practices that support environmental learning. The unit concentrates on assessing the qualities and characteristics of ecopedagogy/environmental learning to promote an ecologically literate and sustainable citizenry. In this unit students have an opportunity to investigate and critique relevant research that examines and evaluates the contributions of ecopedagogies that inform and shape the field of environmental and sustainability education.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

understand the historical, contemporary and prospective development of environmental education and education for sustainable development
identify how different contexts and sites of environmental learning inform the design and evaluation of ecologically sustainable education
articulate the qualities and characteristics of effective ecopedagogy and environmental learning
develop a case study portraying a case of environmental learning and sustainability education
critically analyse the case study to identify the nature of the design and practices incorporated within it.

Assessment

Essay (4000 words, 50%)
Case study report (4000 words, 50%)

Workload requirements

Flexible mode offers a stand-alone online offering that allows students to learn and engage in content and assessment in a supported way. It also provides a face-to-face component of 12 hours over the semester to engage students with the online learning content, which students can attend if they are able and interested.

Minimum total expected workload equals 288 hours per semester comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for flexible students:

12 contact hours and 24 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester or
36 hours equivalent of online activities over the semester

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

independent study to meet the minimum required hours per semester

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Alan Reid

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Expert teaching practice
General education studies